Portland, OR – May 17, 2019 – OpenSesame, the elearning innovator, announced the addition of UL to its popular OpenSesame Plus subscription to expand its global offering of curated safety and compliance training critical to enterprise organizations. Today’s highly technical and often hazardous work environments, combined with swiftly changing technology and increasingly stringent regulations, demand businesses provide thorough, industry-specific training to keep their employees safe and minimize risk.

The OpenSesame Plus subscription, with over 6,000 curated courses—now including UL course content—is the go-to solution for Global 2000 companies to help streamline processes, develop and retain top talent, and future-proof their organization.

Founded in 1894, UL offers over 125 years of deep expertise in health and safety, compliance, sustainability, and workplace excellence, and more than 1,300 industry-specific courses offered in up to 19 languages.

“In today’s increasingly complex work environments and ever-changing compliance requirements, organizations need to minimize risk and prevent injuries on the job,” said Spencer Thornton, Vice President of Curation at OpenSesame. “Adding UL course content to the OpenSesame Plus subscription enables businesses to provide industry-specific health, safety, and compliance training quickly and easily to their global workforce.”

“Empowering trust in the safety, security, and sustainability of products, organizations, and supply chains is at the core of UL’s mission,” remarked Scott Barnard, Managing Director of UL PURE Learning. “We’re excited to expand our strategic partnership with OpenSesame to expand access of on-demand compliance and safety elearning courses for global enterprises.”

About OpenSesame

OpenSesame helps develop the world’s most productive and admired workforces. With the most comprehensive catalog of elearning courses from the world’s top publishers, we are here to help you every step of the way, from finding courses, mapping them to your core competencies, syncing them with your LMS to increasing utilization and improving your L&D programs. Not only will you have the flexibility of multiple purchasing options from OpenSesame, you’ll find it simple to use and administer your elearning courses. To learn more, visit www.opensesame.com

About UL

UL PURE Learning empowers organizations to protect the well-being of workers, reduce risk, improve productivity, enhance compliance, and drive measurable business improvement through its EHS, learning, and compliance platforms. We are a division of UL, the premier global independent safety science company that has championed progress for 120 years. To learn more, visit ulpurelearning.com.

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Did you know that the average cost of a work-related injury is over $39,000? The National Safety Council further states that, depending on the type of injury, that cost can reach upwards of $80,000. Additionally, each OSHA penalty for non-compliance costs $13,260 with willful or repeated offenses clocking in at $132,398 per violation.

While, alone, these numbers are staggering, combined with days and productivity lost, decreased employee morale, increases in workers’ compensation insurance rates—not to mention the emotional, physical, and financial duress experienced by employees and their families—an on-the-job injury is a risk organizations want to avoid at all costs.

Build a Culture of Workplace Safety

Combined with a workplace safety plan, comprehensive safety training is a critical starting point—particularly for new or younger employees in hazardous work environments. The Insurance Information Institute stresses this importance, stating that workplace safety training should be included as part of employee onboarding and offered on a regular basis as a refresher.

Fortunately, technological advances have enabled organizations to train their workforce—particularly those with employees in the field—more efficiently and effectively through modern elearning. Employees without daily computer access at work can easily take safety courses on mobile devices, at warehouse kiosks, or in short scheduled group sessions. Better yet, health and safety elearning courses provide an easy and cost-effective way to supplement your organization’s unique training program requirements.

With a deep history in workplace health and safety dating back to 1894, Underwriters Laboratories—now UL—helps companies demonstrate safety, confirm compliance, enhance sustainability, manage transparency, deliver quality and performance, strengthen security, protect brand reputation, build workplace excellence, and advance societal wellbeing.

As a global, accredited standards developer, UL has written over 1600 standards defining safety, security, quality, and sustainability—so it’s not surprising that UL EHS elearning courses are considered an integral part of today’s modern safety training programs.

Now available as part of the popular OpenSesame Plus subscription, you can put to work UL’s 125 years of experience at your organization more easily than ever. The robust catalog of over 1,300 targeted courses covers all aspects of safety and compliance training, across all industries, in over 15 languages. From first aid and fall prevention to hazard communication and personal protective equipment (PPE), you’ll have the safety training you need to meet the needs of your diverse workforce.

For more information on UL or to get help with finding the courses you need, contact your Customer Success Manager, our Customer Support team, or call (503) 808-1268.

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