1©SHRM 2008 SHRM Poll: July 14, 2008

Does your organization have an English language-only policy that prohibits employees for whom English is a second language from using any language other English in the workplace?

No, 97%

Yes, 3%

Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not sure”.

n = 492

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Does your organization help pay for ESOL classes (English for speakers of other languages)?

4%

9%

11%

76%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Yes, employee pays out of pocket butorganization reimburses A PORTION of the cost if

employee completes the class

Yes, organization pays all costs up front

Yes, employee pays out of pocket butorganization reimburses ALL costs if employee

completes the class

No

Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not sure”.

n = 449

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If your organization covers all or part of the cost of employee ESOL classes, approximately how many employees take the classes each year?

n = 96

1-10 employees 67%

11-20 employees 11%

21-30 employees 8%

31-40 employees 1%

41-50 employees 5%

51 or more employees 7.%

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Approved ESOL classes are PRIMARILY…

Generic English classes, 79%

Designed specifically for employees in a particular industry,

21%

Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not sure”.

n = 96

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Which of the following statement best describes your organization’s PRIMARY reason for supporting ESOL classes?

5%

10%

12%

12%

61%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Inability to find English speaking wo...

Providing these classes helps to create careerpaths for employees

Providing these classes helps improvecommunication among employees and clients

Providing these classes helps make us standout as a model employer and eases recruitment

Providing these classes helps our companygrow our workforce

n = 126

6©SHRM 2008 SHRM Poll: July 14, 2008

Methodology

• Response rate = 16%• Sample comprised of 520 randomly selected

HR professionals from SHRM’s membership.

• Margin of error is +/- 6%.• Survey fielded the week of July 14, 2008