Ms Pamela Brown has been running special workshops for senior company executives.

The first workshops were held from May 30 to June 3.

They are the start of an effort by the Bermuda Employers Council and the Human Affairs Ministry to eradicate racism at work.

Now further workshops with Ms Brown are planned for the second phase, although no date has been fixed for them.

Employers Council executive director Mr. Malcolm Dixon said firms would be invited to send employees to the workshops.

He said company representatives -- or "facilitators'' -- would undergo training on ways to improve race relations.

"The training will be intensive,'' he said.

Mr. Dixon said people on the workshops would be trained to help companies throughout Bermuda -- and not just their own -- tackle racism.

"We intend setting up a network of facilitators,'' he added.

This meant any firm needing help in race relations could profit from the expertise of those who attended the workshops.

News of the workshops comes as Government mounts an all-out bid to eradicate racism in all areas of life.

Last Friday, Human Affairs Minister the Hon. Jerome Dill tabled in the House of Assembly a White Paper on racism.

He later said Government proposed to make racist acts criminal offences, and set up the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE).

The Human Rights Commission would also be given new powers to combat racism.

Mr. Dixon said he had not yet studied the White Paper.

But he said legislation was only part of the answer to racism.

Legislation could not "breathe a spirit'' of cooperation and willingness to break down racial barriers, he said. "When you are dealing with human beings you need such a spirit.''