It is crucial if we are to reach our aim of facilitating people to live their lives in Welsh, that more workplaces in Wales support people to use the Welsh language in their daily working practices, completing work tasks in addition to informal and social settings. We need to ensure that all workplaces support and increase the opportunities for people to use the Welsh language.
The Welsh language standards require organisations to develop a policy on how they intend to increase the use of the Welsh language within the workplace.
We want to see:
- more organisations using the Welsh language as their primary operating language, and to maintain that situation where it is already operational
- all organisations that implement Welsh language standards take purposeful steps to increase the use of the Welsh language internally, and enable staff to live a complete working life in Welsh
- that each workplace increases opportunities to use the Welsh language between staff and with users of their services.
We have developed and set regulation outcomes – a series of transparent public statements on what we aim to achieve through our regulation of the Welsh language standards. One of those outcomes is that organisations increase the use of the Welsh language in their workplaces, allowing staff to work using Welsh on a day-to-day basis.
The Welsh Language Commissioner is working with strategic partners to consider how organisations can strengthen their policies and to create effective environments that improves people’s ability to work in Welsh, with the aim of increasing the use of the Welsh language in workplaces over time.
Our partners are:
- The National Centre for Learning Welsh
- Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
- Cyngor Gwynedd
- TUC Cymru
- Welsh Government
- Cyngor Sir Fôn
- Cyngor Sir Gar
- Natural Resources Wales
The resources on this page will support you to develop policies that are likely to lead to an increase in the use of Welsh over time and to create a workplace where the Welsh language thrives.
There are also resources that can give practical advice and support to take large or small steps that will increase the use of Welsh in your workplace.
These ideas can be used by any type of organisation in Wales, however, specific support for charities and businesses is available here.
Examples of successful practice in increasing use of the Welsh language within the workplace can be found here.
There is also further guidance on action your organisation can take available in our support package.
