Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Training for the Employed: Marginalized Female Workers Miss Out
Barriers to Training Access, a new study from Statistics Canada reports that women, especially those in vulnerable working situations, are less likely to be trained by their employers than men.
Authors G. B. Cooke, I. U. Zeytinoglu and J. Chowhan used data from the 2003 and 2005 Workplace and Employee Survey (WES). As well as exploring employer-supported training, they also looked at which workers declined training offers.
The study found that:
• among low-wage workers, 43% of women compared to 50% of men received training
• among less-educated workers, 42% of women were trained compared to 52% of men.
• among non-unionized workers, 57% of women were trained compared to 60% men.
Cooke, et al., also found that women are more likely to accept employer-offered training than their male counterparts. Only 1 in 18 low-wage, less-educated, non-union female workers declined employer-sponsored training compared to 1 in 9 male workers.
Barriers to Training Access on the Statistics Canada web site
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?lang=eng&catno=75-001-X200910710907
Authors G. B. Cooke, I. U. Zeytinoglu and J. Chowhan used data from the 2003 and 2005 Workplace and Employee Survey (WES). As well as exploring employer-supported training, they also looked at which workers declined training offers.
The study found that:
• among low-wage workers, 43% of women compared to 50% of men received training
• among less-educated workers, 42% of women were trained compared to 52% of men.
• among non-unionized workers, 57% of women were trained compared to 60% men.
Cooke, et al., also found that women are more likely to accept employer-offered training than their male counterparts. Only 1 in 18 low-wage, less-educated, non-union female workers declined employer-sponsored training compared to 1 in 9 male workers.
Barriers to Training Access on the Statistics Canada web site
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?lang=eng&catno=75-001-X200910710907
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