Employers and all employees will benefit if workers have better language skills. This can not be denied by anyone. Safety is the number one benefit. - - Donna Poisl
AT ISSUE: All will benefit when employees acquire better language skills
Observer-Dispatch
The problem of a growing number of workers in area businesses with limited English proficiency skills is a complex issue with no easy solution.
Nevertheless, there are things we can — and should — do as a community to improve the situation not only for employers, but for the employees as well.
A recent survey of businesses in the Utica and Syracuse area found that four in 10 businesses employ people with poor English language skills. Making matters worse, however, is that many local employers lack knowledge about programs that could help build their workers’ language skills.
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