Hispanic Chipotle Workers Alleging Race Bias Denied Class Certification

Mealey's (January 17, 2020, 1:19 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Restaurant workers alleging that they were forced to speak only English at work and were denied promotions for allegedly not meeting subjective English proficiency requirements failed to show that they satisfied the commonality or typicality requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a), a federal judge in California ruled Jan. 15, denying a motion for class certification (Adriana Guzman, et al. v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., et al., No. 17-2606, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 7019)....