Why we all have Covid Stress Disorder
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a near-universal sustained stress-inducing experience in the way other plagues haven’t done in centuries. The COVID-19 pandemic is much more comparable to the experience of a world war than a health scare. The pandemic has impacted everyone’s day-to-day lives and will leave long emotional scars even as life returns to […]
Data Phishing Scams You Need to be Aware of – June 2021
We had hoped that 2021 would bare little resemblance to 2020, the year everything stood still. While this unfortunately hasn’t been the case, there is one group of people who haven’t been on pause – Phishing Scammers. During the 2020/2021 global pandemic, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that phishing scams increased from 114,702 incidents in […]
SRA publish diversity reporting deadline dates
All Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regulated firms have an obligation to collect, report and publish data about the diversity make-up of their workforce every two years. The next report is due on 2 August 2021. Firms can report their data to the SRA from 5 July. What information needs to be collected? Employee role Age […]
Omnitrack version 2.39.0
Enhanced automations Automate more steps in your workflow with custom triggers and a robust set of conditions. For example, you can create an automation that will assign Rebecca as the Responsible Admin when the answer to ‘Office Location’ is ‘New York’ but assign the submission to John if the answer is ‘London’. Immediate save of […]
ESG: You’re more prepared than you think
Are you ready for the ESG revolution? Though the thought of undertaking Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting and becoming compliant might seem overwhelming at first, many companies will find that they are already contributing to many aspects of ESG reporting. Do you train on bribery and tax evasion? If so, that is a key […]
DAC6: Cyprus defers administrative fines until 30 September 2021
On June 4, 2021, The Cyprus Tax Department announced that they will not begin to impose administrative fines for late DAC6 submissions if they are reported to the Tax Administration by September 30, 2021. The relaxation of penalties will apply to:
The LSAG AML Guidance – Risk assessments
This blog is the second in a series of blogs set out to help firms grapple with the latest Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) guidance. A major part of a firm’s AML process is undertaking risk assessments. There are three levels at which a firm should assess the potential risk of exposure to money laundering […]
How to Measure the Effectiveness of your Cyber Security Training
After spending time and effort deciding upon the right cyber-security training solutions provider, agreeing and implementing said training, and then overseeing the roll-out with employees, you’d be surprised how often businesses drop the ball when it comes to measuring the fruits of their labour. If you don’t measure the results, though, how can you know […]
GDPR compliance: In conversation with a data governance expert
On the three year anniversary of GDPR coming into force, VinciWorks hosted a webinar to look at the last three years of GDPR. We explored the effect the regulation has had on the way we collect and process data and discussed what we can expect in the next 12 months. During the webinar we shared […]