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The topic of workplace literacy was covered in the following media articles. Where we have linked to the article, we have gained copyright permission from the original source. Otherwise you can contact a public library or media clipping agency if you’d like to read the full articles.

New farming career helps worker catch up on school

Dominion Post, 26 April 2012
An agriculture training organisation is giving new hope to people who left school unable to read or write or understand numbers (PDF, 1.23 MB).

Greater earning power follows qualifications

Department of Labour, May 2012
News article about the Department of Labour research report ‘The Labour Market Returns to Industry Training’ which showed a direct link between trainees’ greater earning power as a result of gaining level 2 to 5 qualifications.

Literacy training spells success

Sunday Star Times, April 2012
Newspaper article about how many Kiwi managers and supervisors have literacy skills shortfalls that restrict their ability to be effective leaders and communicators (PDF, 76 KB).

Hidden gaps: big costs

NZ Management Magazine, April 2012
Magazine article about how literacy gaps amongst managers and supervisors are costing Kiwi businesses dearly (PDF, 372 KB).

Workplace literacy award now open

ABC Life Literacy Canada, March 2012
Online article on the call for nominations to the Dr Alan Middleton Workplace Literacy and Learning Award. This national award recognises an individual for their outstanding achievement towards increasing workplace literacy and essential skills in their community.

Literacy training boosts productivity

NZGROWER, November 2011, Vol 66 No 10
Horticulture NZ magazine feature on how literacy training at Snap Fresh Foods boosted salad productivity by 27% by reducing wastage. (PDF, 311 KB).

Learning to read the signs

Innovate, September 2011
Auckland Chamber of Commerce publication feature on how literacy and communication challenges could be costing your business thousands (PDF, 274 KB).

Workplace literacy training: a tool for all businesses

human resources, August-September 2011
Human Resource Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) publication article about the success of Stevenson Group's workplace literacy training (PDF, 204 KB).

New literacy assessment tool from the Labour Department

Hospitality Standards Institute, October 2011
Online article about the new Take the test literacy assessment tool. This tool was developed by the Department of Labour to help employers assess the literacy skills of their workforce.

Literacy training to edge out competition at EasiYo

Export New Zealand (a division of BusinessNZ), 14 June 2011
Online article on how EasiYo is using workplace literacy training to give it the competitive edge in the industry.

Skills Highway Award 2011: entries show positive results from literacy training

Department of Labour, 9 June 2011
Media release on how this year's Skills Highway Award entrants show that workplace literacy training continues to yield positive results for organisations across the country.

Skills training - an advantage for ambitious companies

FTD, June-July 2011
Magazine article on how Cardinal Logistics and Stevenson Group are two ambitious companies taking advantage of literacy training for very different reasons.

Stepping up together

New Zealand Quarrying and Mining (Q&M) (published by Contrafed Publishing), April-May 2011, pages 34-35
Magazine article on how the Stevenson Group rolled out workplace literacy training to all frontline workers this year, after a successful pilot programme (PDF, 772 KB).

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