Hand Arm Vibration and How to Protect your Workers from HAVS
Using powerful, vibrating tools can lead to several short-term and long-term health issues – some of which can be irreversible. If your colleagues are exposed to vibration risks, it’s essential that your company has a plan for protecting colleagues. Before we look at ways to minimise the risk of hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), let’s […]
What should be on your compliance agenda in 2019?
This time last year, GDPR dominated the compliance agenda for 2018. Like many promised cliff edges, the data protection ravine many feared business would collapse into didn’t quite materialise. While some websites are still blocking users from the EU due to alleged ‘GDPR’ issues, the shift to a new data protection regime seemed to go […]
Cryptocurrency and blockchain: What’s the money laundering risk?
This blog was updated in May 2022. Cryptocurrencies and blockchains are set to be a key compliance theme of 2019, with the upcoming Fifth Money Laundering Directive setting out to regulate cryptocurrencies. While the first and most common cryptocurrency is Bitcoin, there are now close to 2,000 in existence, with the number continuing to grow. […]
Why Integrating WorkWize Should Be Your Company’s New Year’s Resolution
How would it feel to know that your employees are not only safer but that the time invested in tracking compliance training could be mitigated? In the world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and technology leading the way in which jobs are performed and enhanced, it could be dangerous not to bridge a smart […]
Tackling sexual harassment – the first step is to recognise the problem
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, have men finally begun to grasp how widespread the issue of sexual harassment against women is? The answer seems to be no, according to a new study which reflects how much men in the U.S.— and 12 European countries, including Britain — underestimate levels of harassment against women. While […]
VinciWorks by the numbers: 2018 – a year in review
2018 was another momentous year from VinciWorks. Our team continued to innovate and exceed our targets with new courses and product updates, as well as creating new guides and policy templates to help businesses stay on the right side of compliance. Here are some of the highlights from 2018. 420,000course completions We continued to deliver […]
New course release – Competition Law: Know Your Market
VinciWorks has just released a new course as part of its Market Rules series. Competition Law: Know Your Market drops users into a set of immersive scenarios to test their knowledge, understanding and ability to comply with UK competition law. The course is broken into short modules that cover different aspects of UK competition law, […]
Tabletop exercises – What do you mean I’m on the Business Continuity team?
The unthinkable has happened and you’re busy gathering your business continuity team together to manage the incident. You pop your head around the door to the Head of HR and they say they have no idea that they’re meant to be on the team. The Head of Legal says the same. You’re already in a […]
On-demand webinar – Understanding the SRA Regulatory Reforms
The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) has been finalising a package of reforms designed to provide solicitors and law firms with greater flexibility over how they operate, making legal services more accessible to the public. These include the new Price Transparency Rules set to be introduced on 6 December 2018, the Insurance Distribution Directive and reforms […]