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STR Responsible Sourcing Offers Free Demo Webinars on New Labor & Employment Standards Library (LESLi)

Companies can learn how to access and search global labor laws for over 140 countries using this first-of-its-kind, online reference tool

STR Responsible Sourcing Offers Free Demo Webinars on New Labor & Employment Standards Library (LESLi)

Companies can learn how to access and search global labor laws for over 140 countries using this first-of-its-kind, online reference tool

Published 02-23-10

Submitted by UL

STR Responsible Sourcing (STR RS) is offering four demo webinars in March 2010 to showcase its recently launched Labor & Employment Standards Library (LESLi). LESLi is the most comprehensive and up-to-date online reference tool for labor laws and employment standards, and provides sourcing, legal, and human resources professionals and academics with full-text English translation of labor laws for over 140 countries.

The free demo webinars will cover:

  • An overview of LESLi services

  • Benefits of using LESLi

  • Subscription options and costs

  • Value comparison of LESLi to other services

  • User demonstration

  • Questions and answers

Three webinars will be held on March 17, 2010 for companies in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Another U.S. webinar will be held on March 23, 2010. Visit https://strevents.webex.com to view the specific times for each webinar and to register for an event. For more information about LESLi visit http://www.lesli.strrs.com/.

"There is a huge need in the industry for a reputable, one stop source for global labor laws," said Greg Gardner, General Manager of STR RS. "We hope that CSR professionals will take the time to participate in these free demos to learn how LESLi can make it easier for them to obtain high quality English translations of labor laws that relate to their global businesses."

LESLi's contents are both searchable and exportable, and the product features a suite of analysis tools that allow users to make country-to-country comparisons of different labor laws, including wages, hours, hiring and termination, forced labor, and collective bargaining among others. Previously, it was cumbersome to gather actual full-text laws since different countries "“ and the states and provinces within them "“ offer different access levels to their laws. It can also be challenging for companies to effectively translate these laws from different regional languages to English.

Some of the applications for LESLi include: setting global human resources policies that are consistent with local laws; identifying gaps between sourcing countries' labor conditions and international labor standards; understanding legal obligations for employing people in international locales; and comparing the labor requirements from country to country.

About STR Responsible Sourcing
STR Responsible Sourcing is a leading provider of corporate responsibility consulting services which include monitoring, training, research and program development. STR RS is a business unit within Specialized Technology Resources' Quality Assurance Division, which was founded in 1944. STR RS has offices in over 30 countries across five continents, and the reach to provide audit services in over 140 countries around the world. Visit STR at http://www.STRQuality.com.

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UL is a leading global provider of corporate responsibility auditing and ethical sourcing consulting services, which include monitoring, training, research, and program development. With offices in over 30 countries across five continents, UL Responsible Sourcing has the reach to provide audit services in over 140 countries around the world. UL is part of UL Verification Services, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories). Additional information about UL may be found at www.strquality.com

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