January news roundup
Steel fabrication company receives second fine for health and safety breaches A steel fabrication company has been fined after steel cages fell on a worker’s leg, causing multiple fractures. In November 2017, an employee used a gantry crane to lift a steel cage from a stack at the companies main site in Essex. Each cage […]
Four GDPR fines every business can learn from
Since GDPR came into force, there have been: 160,000 breach notifications made to authorities 247 notifications per day in 2018 178 notifications per day just in the first half of 2019 A total of £100m in fines Here are some of the recent fines that regulating authorities have issued and guidance on how to make […]
What Brexit means for UK data protection law
10 things you need to know about Brexit and GDPR What’s happening on Friday 31 January 2020? From Friday 31 January 2020, European rules and regulations stopped having effect in the UK by virtue of the fact that the UK’s membership in the EU will end. Britain has now entered a transitional period which will […]
New course release – Data privacy knowledge check
VinciWorks has released a new five minute course to help organizations test their staff’s data privacy knowledge. The knowledge check has also been added to our data privacy training suite. Knowledge checks consist of different scenarios to help employees understand which course of action to take in different situations. We recommend knowledge checks are added […]
On-demand webinar: Is GDPR over? What Brexit means for UK data protection law
27% of our listeners have suffered a data breach since GDPR came into force On 31 January 2020, the UK will leave the European Union, and GDPR as we know it will come to an end. From exit day, the GDPR we have become familiar with will disappear from the statute book and the Data […]
VinciWorks’ mental health course shortlisted for InsideOut award for Best Use of Technology
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the awards evening was postponed and the winner of the award will now be announced in September 2020. VinciWorks’ new mental health course has been shortlisted for this year’s InsideOut award in the Best Use of Technology category. Future of Works Insights is organising the awards. The organisation provides […]
Data Privacy Day 2020 – Tips on Keeping Your Data Safe and Secure
Happy Data Privacy Day! Created by the Council of Europe in 2006, Data Protection Day is celebrated every year to promote data protection best practices and raise awareness on the importance of data privacy. Globally, it is recognized as Data Privacy Day. For businesses, data is a valuable entity and it is therefore vital to […]
The 2020 equality agenda
What’s new in diversity and inclusion this year? The new decade is bringing new considerations for diversity inclusion in the workplace. The Equality Act is now 10 years old, and while there aren’t any substantive legislative updates, other changes in the law in the last decade could mean it’s time for a refresh of your […]
Rethinking Blue Monday
Did you hear it was Blue Monday this time last week? The concept seemed to be everywhere. #BlueMonday was trending on Twitter all day; media outlets competed to publish the most sensationalist articles on “surviving” the most depressing day of the year. But do you actually feel any different today than you did on the […]
Why mental health training matters in 2020
The estimated cost of mental ill-health to UK employers each year is between £33 billion and £42 billion, totalling around 91 million lost working days. About 10% of these losses were due to staff replacement costs, 30% down to people being off sick (absenteeism) and 60% of the cost due to reduced productivity at work […]
