New course release – Health and Safety for Office Workers
“The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 requires all businesses in the UK to provide whatever information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of employees.” Despite the legal requirement, health and safety training has a bad reputation. Most […]
Guide to the new EU Whistleblowing Directive
On 7 October 2019, the European Council adopted the EU Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the “Directive”). The purpose of the Directive is to lay down common minimum standards across the EU for the protection of people reporting a breach. Laws on whistleblowing are currently handled by individual […]
Sick in the Workplace: 1.4 Million Suffering from Work-Related Ill Health
The latest statistics on workplace ill health from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) make for interesting reading. 1.4 million of us suffered from work-related ill health in 2018/19, with nearly half a million new cases appearing. Collectively, 23.5 million working days were lost to work-related ill health over this period. The figures hint at the […]
Christmas party pitfalls – and how to avoid them
Christmas may be the time of good cheer, but once the wine starts to flow, unguarded remarks and bad behaviour can land employers in hot water with harassment and discrimination claims.
What is the Fifth Money Laundering Directive? What you need to know
The Fifth Money Laundering Directive is now in force. Here’s what you need to know The Fifth Money Laundering Directive is now in force and has been transposed into UK law in the form of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019. The new regulations amend the Fourth Directive in an effort to […]
On-demand webinar: Health and safety at work — beyond ticking the box
Despite the legal requirement, health and safety training, risk assessments and compliance have a bad reputation. Most people working in an office don’t want to do them and won’t think about these processes once they are completed. In order to help organisations understand the importance of health and safety at work and improving the culture, […]
The elections are coming – Regulatory Agenda for the 2019 UK elections
To help businesses keep track of updates in UK legislation and policies, VinciWorks regularly publishes a short regulatory update. Since our last update in July, the Prime Minister was unable to fulfill his pledge to take the UK out of the EU by the end of October 2019. As a result, a general election was called for 12 December 2019. This regulatory agenda is designed to provide […]
Omnitrack version 2.0.9
Addition of ‘or’ condition between multiple logic rules You can now create even more sophisticated logic on fields. Use multiple rules with ‘and’ or ‘or’ between them. Form template library NOTE : This has not been rolled out yet but development is completed and we can turn it on. New ‘browse our templates’ button! The […]
The SRA Standards and Regulations are here – What are the key changes?
The SRA Handbook was replaced by the SRA Standards and Regulations on 25 November 2019. The SRA has worked closely with the profession and the public to develop their proposals over the last four years, engaging with more than 35,000 people. The changes are set to modernise both SRA regulation and the legal market. The […]
Workplace Mental Health: Where to Start?
Workplace mental health is arguably the most discussed topic in health and safety right now – and with good reason. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have released their statistics on workplace safety for 2019. They contain some shocking figures on work-related stress, depression and anxiety. 602,000 of us suffered from them (new or long-standing cases) […]
