"Motivating Safety at Work" will be the subject of a seminar scheduled for May 16 in Las Vegas.

Sponsored by the Safety Assistance Service division of the Nevada Small Business Development Center's Business Environmental Program, the seminar will take place 9 a.m.-noon in the Island Towers section of the Tropicana Hotel. It is free to representatives of all businesses. Pre-registration is required. To pre-register, call the center's UNLV office (702) 734-7575 or E mail schwerj@nevada.edu.

The keynote speaker will be Ted Boyce, who is both the director of the Center for Behavioral Safety Research and an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Among the topics to be discussed are:

-- How to increase participation in a company's safety program.

-- Why people do what they do.

-- How to talk effectively about safety.

-- How to tell if a safety program is working.

The Safety Assistance Service is a free and confidential service of the Business Environmental Program that provides occupational and health assistance to businesses in Nevada.

For additional information, call the Nevada Small Business Development Center at 734 7575 or E-mail schwerj@nevada.edu.