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Reflections from the Workplace Violence Prevention Summit
The recent Workplace Violence Prevention Summit brought together healthcare leaders, nurse educators, local law enforcement, and frontline professionals to tackle one of the most pressing issues in healthcare today — workplace violence.
Making Workplaces Work Better for Young Adults
How can employers create workplace environments that welcome this rising generation of workers and lead to mutual success? KentuckianaWorks and partners are listening to young adults and employers in order to better understand the unique challenges facing young adult workers and how we can help design a more supportive and equitable workplace.
Spotlight on Job Quality
Labor Day is celebrated to recognize the “social and economic achievements of American workers.” So in celebration of the American worker, and those within the Louisville region in particular, this post will cover job quality. As stated in the KentuckianaWorks mission, dignified work is that which satisfies needs, creates value, and inspires hope.
Louisville Generation Work™ partners attend training focused on young adult workers
As announced last year, KentuckianaWorks is partnering with Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, YouthBuild Louisville, the Coalition Supporting Young Adults, and Metro United Way to implement Generation Work™. Generation Work™ is a project, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and delivered with the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, to center young adult worker voices in employer practice change. Louisville Generation Work™ partners traveled to Chicago in June of this year to join teams from the other seven Phase Two sites for some training and peer learning.
How better employee benefits can help grow a company
An interview with retired business leader Paul Neumann, who led local manufacturing firm Universal Woods from $4 million in annual revenue to $80 million.