Most employers provide some sort of job training for their employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) requires certain safety training, employers also offer orientation, skills, literacy, sexual harassment, diversity, cross-cultural, and apprenticeship training.
Survey: 'Matures' Embrace Workplace Technology More than Gen Y
A new survey concludes that older workers are more likely than their younger colleagues to be using such workplace communications tools as computers, faxes, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile and landline phones
HR Challenge, HR.BLR.com, and Safety.BLR.com Win Awards
Business and Legal Reports (BLR) was recognized with three awards in the Newsletter on Newsletters 2007 Awards Competition. The awards, now in their 34th year, recognize the best edited, designed, and marketed newsletters and newsletter websites.
An Explosion in Distance Education
Enrollment in "distance education" courses has nearly doubled since
1995, with more than half (56 percent) of the nation's two- and four-year degree-granting
institutions offering such courses in the 2000-2001 academic year, according
to a new federal-government report.
