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  • Staff training decreased 2020

    Approximately one half of employees in the enterprises surveyed attended a staff training course in 2020, and, on average, course participants spent 18 hours attending such courses. This yields an average of 9 hours spent by employees attending courses in 2020, which is somewhat less than in 2015, when the average number of course hours per employee was 11.

  • Nine out of ten enterprises arranged staff training

    Nine out of ten enterprises arranged staff training for their employees in 2015 and courses were the most common type of training. Staff training was most common at large enterprises, compared with medium-sized and small enterprises. Just over half of the employees took part in courses. Employees devoted on average 11 hours to courses in 2015. In small enterprises, just over 50 percent of all course hours were dedicated to internal courses, compared with just over 70 percent in large enterprises. Total costs for internal and external courses accounted for, on average, 1.6 percent of total labour costs in 2015.