I'll say it again...
We have laws. We have laws regarding automobile drivers licenses and tags and stickers (by state/province). The vast majority of drivers renew their tags, licenses and stickers when required by law!

We do so because its the law, there is a sense of urgency to conform with the law, and when our birthday arrives, we do not procrastinate. It doesn't matter whether our birthdays fall during the summer. It doesn't matter if our birthdays fall around Christmas/New Years. We make the attempt to ensure that we as LAW ABIDING citizens, we comply with the laws that are in place!

Here in Ontario, at least, as other parts of Canada and the US, it IS the LAW to have your staff trained! Based on my experiences, there are companies who just don't do it! Or, they may procrastinate! Or they will have a gazillion excuses as to why not now!

We can't train now, its summer! We can't train now, its close to Christmas! We can't train now, we are busy! We can't train our staff now because business is slow!

Every frickin excuse under the sun as to why they can't. And there is no need to worry since there is no sense of urgency to get it done! Where are the laws that I have paid thru my taxes, to be drawn up and printed, now?

If the government sets forth LAWS, then enforce them, or at least make an attempt to enforce them! Don't take on the attitude that if something happens, we will charge the company then. That is BS.

If the government does not know where all the forklifts are, then have them registered as they do with automobiles. If that is not worthy, well unemployment is high, so get a slew of unemployed at minimum wage to walk around the industrial parks and take notes as to where the lift trucks are located. One person can call on at least 80 businesses a day, so it won't take all that long.

Now that you have a listing, let the officers go out and enforce the laws that their bosses created, using my money and yours!