Sexual harassment and sexual misconduct on the construction site can have huge repercussions for everyone involved, and the company of which the harasser is employed. Every single individual on the job site, from foreman to laborer, must be trained in sexual harassment and sexual misconduct avoidance prior to beginning work in order to avoid a costly, embarrassing problem.

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As a business owner or a team leader, there are so many reasons why it is important to invest in your team’s growing knowledge. From the ground up, there is no more important factor in a business’s success than the employees that are hired. Furthering the knowledge of employees is a plain smart business move. Investing in a team will bump up morale, increase the benefits of the collaborative mind, give your team mates a leg up, and help each individual develop new skillets that can ultimately help the whole team.

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It’s time to cut your teeth, to hone your skills like a student putting themselves through their paces. Why? Because on the treadmill of business it’s vital to increase your speed every now and again. But herein lies the rub – it can be a nightmare to make training yourself cheap, easy and still efficient.

If you’re an employee in a large company, you’ll have a hard time getting your boss to shell out for a costly training programme. And if you’re a boss, justifying the expense to yourself can be a hard sell. What’s more, time itself is an expense. Are your workers going to miss too much labour time for training? It’s a balancing act. But the options we’ve listed below are either free or come at a reasonable price. Even the most penny-pinching boss won’t be able to resist.

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