Employee Training Hours (OI7877)

This metric is intended to capture the sum of all training hours provided to employees. It is not intended to capture the average number of training hours per employee. Trainings may include both internal and external opportunities provided by the organization.

Training can be categorized as: (a) skills-based training to advance core job responsibilities (enhancing employees' ability to do their jobs effectively); (b) skills-based training on cross-job functions (training beyond regular job responsibilities, enabling employees' to advance in their professions); (c) training on literacy, communications, and other life skills; or (d) trainings related to diversity and inclusion (for example, training on implicit bias or sexual harassment). Organizations should footnote details on the training(s) provided, including the type.

This metric is useful in calculating GRI Disclosure 404-1: Average hours of training per year per employee. In the context of this GRI standard, ‘training’ refers to all types of vocational training and instruction, paid educational leave provided by an organization for its employees, training or education pursued externally and paid for in whole or in part by an organization, and training on specific topics. Training does not include on-site coaching by supervisors.

Organizations may use Full-Time Employees: Total (OI3160) and Part-Time Employees: Total (OI8864) to disaggregate this metric. Organizations are also encouraged to calculate this indicator for Temporary Employees (OI9028). Organizations may choose to use Target Stakeholder Demographic (PD5752) to disaggregate this metric by gender, race/ethnicity, disability, or other groupings.