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Thursday, October 04, 2012

Administrators Address Language Barriers Between Employees


With a growing Spanish-speaking workforce and diverse campus community, university employees sometimes experience difficulty communicating with one another, prompting officials to increase supervisor training and English as a second language courses.

More than 100 employees, 44 of whom are enrolled this semester, have participated in ESL classes since the spring semester as part of a nine-step plan developed nearly a year and a half ago to address alleged workplace abuse, said Human Resources Director Dale Anderson. Because workers can now nominate themselves for the classes, there is a waiting list of about 35 to 40 people, and the program will likely take about 60 people in the spring, Anderson said.
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1 comment:

  1. Simple solution. Just make English the offical language of the U.S.
    Problem solved!

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