Stress Awareness Training and Workplace Wellbeing
An expansive survey conducted on nearly 44,000 employees revealed startling data regarding mental health in relation to workplace well-being. Almost half of all employees report mental health troubles like anxiety, stress, and mood problems, 84% of those employees report to work anyway and only 42% of them believe their managers would notice that they were suffering from […]
Are Your Intangible Assets and Intellectual Property Adequately Protected?
Your business has probably invested in security to protect your physical property, but how much care is given to the intangible property that your business relies on? It’s normal to lock down valuable equipment, but organisations are waking up to the fact that some of their most valuable possessions can’t be locked in a box […]
GDPR is here. Compliance has just begun.
The General Data Protection Regulation has now come into force. The UK’s third generation of data protection law has received Royal Assent and its main provisions commenced on 25 May 2018. The new Act aims to modernise data protection laws to ensure they are effective in the years to come. VinciWorks has hosted a number […]
Promoting Wellness at Work
Workplace wellness is not a new idea. Organisations have offered wellness programmes for years, but these have traditionally been focused on reducing illness, encouraging people to quit smoking, eat well, and exercise more. The latest wave of wellness initiatives, led by giants like Google and Apple, is taking a more holistic approach to health and […]
Free on-demand GDPR webinar – conditions for processing
Under GDPR, you need an approved ‘condition for processing’ for every data processing activity, but you don’t always need to seek consent. With just a week until GDPR comes into force, Director of Course Development Nick Henderson and Director of Best Practice Gary Yantin hosted another webinar to take a deep dive into understanding the conditions for […]
Don’t be Like Joe… the new Fire Safety eLearning Course
The Fire Safety Online course is designed as entry-level understanding for all employees. The course educates them on the importance of following fire safety procedures. It reinforces the need to take an active role in spotting fire hazards and possible impediments to evacuation in their place of work. The course follows Joe through the scenario of a […]
Can eLearning Play a Part to Reduce MSD’s?
Reducing MSDs in the Workplace In March, the HSE updated its advice around Manual Handling as part of its goal of reducing MSDs in the workplace. This has led to a spate of articles that have focused on the problems associated with a one size fits all, off the shelf approach to training. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The HSE […]
Temporary and Agency Workers Need Health and Safety Protections
A logistics company was recently fined £373,000 after a worker suffered crush injuries while unloading a visiting lorry. An agency worker was unchaining a vehicle ramp from a delivery van when it moved forward with a chain still attached, crushing the worker between the ramp and a barrier. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation […]
GDPR course for American-based staff
While the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU-wide regulation, its reach is global. Facebook, for example, look like they will be complying with GDPR following Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing and mixed reports on whether the social media platform will comply on a global scale. EU-based businesses with offices in the US will need to […]
Have you Taken the Social Media Challenge Yet?
We’re very pleased to announce the arrival of our latest compliance course: The Using Social Media Challenge. Written and directed by our talented development team, the course combines a refreshing mix of story-telling, gamification, and immersive eLearning to offer learners an interactive video experience that’s sure to wow! Fresh, fun, and informative, The Using Social […]
