SME staff 'unsafe' at work
Nov 01 2006
Over a third of people working for small businesses feel unsafe in the workplace due to a lack of relevant training, says new research from learndirect business. Revealingly, of those who did receive training, 50 per cent felt that it had helped them work more safely.
The report shows that 42 per cent of people working for a small business had not received any formal training in the last 12 months. These findings are line with the recent Skills for Business Research report, which showed that, in a survey of 13,000 employers, over a third of SMEs didn’t provide training for their staff. With one in six employees feeling they hadn’t received training because their boss had no interest in improving them, small business owners are at risk of losing valuable staff.
Michelle Lofthouse, Director of Business Development at Ufi, the company behind learndirect business, says ‘companies that don’t train their staff run risks at work, not only in employee safety but also in increased operating costs, reduced productivity and poor customer service, all of which have a negative impact on their bottom line.’
‘Of the people who have received training over the past year, 73 per cent felt their bosses were committed to improving them, which is vital to staff morale and the generation of a more motivated and productive workforce.’
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