Mental health at work
Poor mental health at work is one of the biggest threats to businesses and organisations today. It costs UK employers billions every year in sickness absence, reduced productivity and staff recruitment and takes a terrible toll on individuals’ well-being – yet a huge number of employers are unsure of how to approach the problem and for many it remains a taboo subject.
Emergency Evacuation Procedures – What Your Plan Needs to Cover
Emergency Evacuation Procedures – Preparing your organisation for an emergency An emergency is a serious, unexpected, often dangerous situation that requires immediate action. An emergency evacuation procedure is a plan of actions to be conducted in a certain order or manner, in response to an emergency situation. A prepared and educated workforce, who know how […]
Money Laundering Regulations – individuals and organisations receive large fines
The Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which came into force on 26th June 2017, brings some key changes to the anti-money laundering policies in law firms and organisations. Recent high profile money laundering scandals demonstrate the importance of having the right procedures in place to prevent money laundering. This blog gives some examples of the money […]
Money Laundering Regulations 2017 – free micro course
On Monday 26th June, the Fourth Money Laundering Directive was transposed into law to create the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. While the majority of the content in the final law is the same as the draft, there are a few important additions included in the final version of the draft. What are the changes under […]
Why Training your Managers in Health and Safety is Essential
As your first line of defence, ensuring that your line managers are adequately trained in Health and Safety matters, will help your organisation prevent accidents, avoid costly legal bills and most importantly, save lives! Support and leadership from your board of directors is key to your business success. A strong, clear and concise Health and […]
Employer Responsibilities for Lone Worker Health and Safety
Ensuring Health and Safety for lone worker’s is a growing issue for HR and H&S Teams in UK Organisations. What is a lone worker? A Lone worker or Lone Working is defined by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as those who work by themselves without close or direct supervision. It is estimated up […]
Criminal Finances Act – is your organisation ready?
Checklist of “reasonable procedures” to comply with the Act After receiving royal assent on 27th April, on 30th September the Criminal Finances Act came into full force. The Act creates a new corporate criminal offence for failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, placing the responsibility on business to have “reasonable procedures” in place to […]
Internet Use at Work
Do Your employees know the boundaries of Internet use at work? Internet use at work can be a minefield. Electronic communications have revolutionised businesses worldwide and it is now commonplace for many organisations to routinely use email along side, or instead of, the telephone. Email is cost effective, user friendly, convenient, aids flexible working and […]
On-demand Fourth Directive webinar – your questions answered
On 26th June 2017, the UK met the EU’s deadline and transposed the Fourth Money Laundering Directive into national legislation. On Monday 2nd July over 200 law firms and organisations joined Director of Best Practice Gary Yantin and anti-money laundering expert Amy Bell to discuss the implementation of The Fourth Directive and the new Anti-Money Laundering […]