Category: Language in the workplace

There are consequences for tossing something you should have kept. There are consequences for keeping something you should have tossed. To further complicate matters, many industries (law, healthcare, insurance, etc.) set their own legal standards. Most tantalizing are the overlapping, contradictory and ever-changing foreign regulations faced by multinational organizations. Language barriers are only part of
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  What role does language play in workplace health, safety and environmental outcomes?   The landmark 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act requires employers to communicate hazards to employees in both a language and a vocabulary they can understand. For example, if an employee does not speak or comprehend English, instruction must be provided in a language
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