CONTENTS

• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF FIGURES
• APPENDIX
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1 THE CONTEXT OF ADULT LEARNING AND TRAINING IN FIRMS IN QUEBEC: THE ACTORS
  1. Firms
     1. In-house ALT providers
     2. Outside ALT providers
  2. Regional actors
     1. The Conseils régionaux des partenaires du marché du travail
     2. Local employment centres
  3. Actors at the Quebec level
     1. Emploi-Québec
     2. The Comités sectoriels de la main-d'ouvre
     3. The Commission des Partenaires du Marché du Travail
     4. The Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport
     5. The Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles
• 2 THE POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK OF WORK-RELATED ADULT LEARNING AND TRAINING IN QUEBEC
  1. Bill 5: Amending Bill 90
  2. The Government Policy on Adult Education and Continuing Education and Training
  3. The Scope of Bill 90
     1. Employers' 1% contribution
     2. Structuring effects of Bill 90
        • Structuring effects at the sectoral level
        • Structuring effects at the firm level
        • Direct impact of investment in innovation, research and development
• 3 UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS AND SECTORS IN WORK-RELATED LEARNING AND TRAINING
  1. ALT in small firms
  2. Underdevelopment of work-related ALT in certain sectors of industry
  3. Demand for ALT among less qualified groups in the labour force
  4. Demographic changes and ALT among older workers
  5. Obstacles to participation in ALT
• 4 THE "ENGINEERING" OF ALT IN QUEBEC FIRMS
  1. ALT structure in the firm
  2. Structured work-related ALT
     1. Participation in structured ALT
     2. ALT among production employees
        • Corporate ALT
        • ALT for new hires (or for new positions)
          • Non-job-specific ALT
          • On-the-job education and training for new hires or new positions
        • Ad hoc education and training
          • General staff education and training
          • On-the-job education and training when changes occur during a person's employment
          • Standards-related training
        • Training the trainers
        • Individual education and training obtained outside the company
     3. ALT for Management (Management or Executive Training)
     4. Continuing education and training of professional staff
  3. Recognition of and support for informal learning