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The EEO Trust are now accepting entries for their 19th Annual Diversity Awards, which includes the prestigious Skills Highway Award. This award celebrates organisations that recognise the importance of numeracy and literacy in adding value to the workforce and who develop initiatives to assi

The importance of workforce literacy in boosting productivity, profitability and supporting economic growth has resulted in a consortium of six North Otago employers successfully applying for Workplace Literacy funding. Literacy North Otago has been contracted to deliver a programme to impro

Silver Fern Farms is New Zealand’s largest meat export processor with a workforce of approximately 7000 at the peak of the season. The Dargaville site is the company’s upper Northland processing site, with a workforce of around 300, many of whom are Maori and Pasifika.

In a recent article published in HRM New Zealand, Alison Sutton, from COMET Auckland, emphasises the difference that literacy training at work can make.

In a new report, ‘Tackling Foundation Skills in the Workforce’, the Australian Industry Group highlights the impact that low levels of workforce literacy and numeracy skills are having on the Australian workforce, with 93% of surveyed employers identifying this as negatively

New literacy and numeracy modules that help young people and adults learn and understand the Road Code and hence gain a driver’s licence are now available on www.pathwaysawarua.com.

Congratulations to the Russell Group for winning the MSA Safety Leadership Award for their 'Core Strength' programme.