How to Create a Realistic Language Access Plan

With 1 in 5 people speaking a language other than English at home, businesses and organizations are facing increased pressure to be adaptable and enhance customer service by implementing language access plans to maintain compliance with language access laws. In this article, Kristin Quinlan, CEO of Certified Languages International, covers what these entities need to understand about consumers’ legal rights and protections when it comes to providing language services and outlines key steps that can help organizations create realistic language access plans that embrace all customers, regardless of the language they speak.

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CLI Director of HR Elizabeth Garvin, winner of the Portland Business Journal’s 2024 HR Leadership Award, has met the challenge of supporting a diverse workforce — and then some!
Elizabeth Garvin, CLI’s head of HR, has seen a lot in her tenure, like a 2,500% growth in the workforce (yowza!) at CLI.
CLI fosters a vibrant culture emphasizing communication. Offering interpretation over phone and video, they adapt, support, and empower their diverse workforce, during highs and lows.