City Hospital employed 5 workers of Middle Eastern descent in their maintenance department. The maintenance supervisor assigned all of them to clean the morgue and the basement. These employees were not allowed to work on any other floors or come into contact with patients.

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By assigning all the Middle Eastern employees to clean the morgue and basement and prohibiting them from working on other floors or coming in contact with patients, City Hospital illegally segregated the employees based on their national origin, which is a form of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The FLSA does not allow employers to discriminate in favor of U.S. citizens, and the court's ruling in Garcia v. Spun Steak Co. does not apply to this situation.

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