©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: July 14, 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? Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not sure”. n = 492

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: July 14, Does your organization help pay for ESOL classes (English for speakers of other languages)? Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not sure”. n = 449

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: July 14, If your organization covers all or part of the cost of employee ESOL classes, approximately how many employees take the classes each year? n = employees67% employees11% employees8% employees1% employees5% 51 or more employees7.%

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: July 14, Approved ESOL classes are PRIMARILY… Note: Excludes respondents who answered “not sure”. n = 96

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: July 14, Which of the following statement best describes your organization’s PRIMARY reason for supporting ESOL classes? n = 126

©SHRM 2008SHRM Poll: July 14, 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