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VinciWorks releases new Anti-Bribery Fundamentals course

Despite the UK Bribery Act having come into force in 2010, bribery is still a hugely problematic issue in corporate life. Billions of pounds of fines are levied every year and frequent reports hit the headlines of investigations and prosecutions from the US Department of Justice and UK Serious Fraud Office.

Bribery cases have ensnared some of the world’s largest companies, biggest sporting bodies and most powerful politicians. The propensity for some people to act corruptly might never change, but our approach to training and compliance can.

VinciWorks has just released Anti-Bribery Fundamentals, a new anti-bribery course that will give employees the opportunity to understand the risks of bribery in their working life as well as to test their knowledge and understanding of the subject, and teach them how to avoid becoming ensnared in bribery.

In this course, we take the lessons from the last ten years of bribery in the corporate world and distill that into an action-packed half-hour course that combines real-life case studies, interactive games, relevant scenarios and a fully customisable course experience to make sure your bribery procedures are fit for purpose.

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Gifts and hospitality registers with Omnitrack

How does your organisation collect and process gifts and corporate hospitality given to your staff? How do you track the gifts given by your staff to current or potential clients?

Globally, organisations are bound by complex and ever-changing legal obligations and industry-specific compliance requirements. Clients also often expect their professional service firms to have certain risk management procedures in place, such as gift registers and anti-bribery training. But without a structured and secure data collection system, organisations can waste time and resources trying to ensure compliance.

Omnitrack is VinciWorks’ solution to collecting, storing and managing data. The Omnitrack Gifts and Hospitality Register allows managers to receive instant notifications for all gifts given and received. This enables them to make informed decisions on the next steps, such as whether to approve or deny the gift in question.

DAC6 e-learning courses updated for UK MDR changes

On 31 December 2020, the UK made drastic changes to its domestic version of DAC6.

Significantly, in the EU DAC6 reporting applies for five different categories of hallmarks, whereas in the UK DAC6 only applies for hallmark D.

VinciWorks has updated its DAC6 e-learning courses to reflect these changes.

What changes have we made to our DAC6 training?

Upon launching the course, learners are profiled based on their location:

DAC6 reporting with Omnitrack available across the EU and UK

As the initial reporting deadline for DAC6 approaches, VinciWorks’ DAC6 reporting tool is prepared for reporting across EU member states and the UK.

One of the complexities of DAC6 is in fact that each jurisdiction has implemented DAC6 differently with different reporting requirements and different XML schemas for automated reporting.

VinciWorks’ Omnitrack software adapts itself to the reporting requirements of each jurisdiction, collects all of the necessary information and can generate a valid XML file.

MyStory China: VinciWorks to release new Chinese Harassment and Bullying Course

Everyone has the right to work free of unlawful discrimination or harassment, but unfortunately this does not always happen. Sexual harassment is one of the most pervasive forms of unlawful discrimination and it can impact every business and every person. Following the PRC’s release of new obligations aimed at preventing sexual harassment, VinciWorks will soon be releasing a new course aimed at raising awareness of the prevalence and impact of sexual harassment, harassment, and bullying in the workplace. The course complies with the sexual harassment obligations in force as of 1 January 2020 contained in Article 1010 of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China (中华人民共和国民法典).

VinciWorks to release new online PECR video course

We’ve come a long way from the times when the best way to market was to print an ad in the newspaper. Most marketing now is done digitally, using email, texts, or sometimes still phone and fax, but when using these methods, users’ privacy must be considered. If your marketing staff uses phone, email, text or fax, if your organisation uses cookies or similar technology on its website, or compiles any sort of telephone directory of contact numbers, PECR applies to you.

PECR refers to the EU’s Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, a law that governs how businesses are allowed to market to customers using electronic technology. The law is wide-reaching as it covers all industries and is applicable across the board. Breaches of PECR can leave company directors personally liable for fines of up to £500,000 per breach. PECR is applicable across the EU and the UK, and the law in the UK as it applies now will not be affected by Brexit.

Course & Product Updates Health and Safety
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Health & safety – New manual handling training module

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires all businesses in the UK to provide whatever information, instruction, training and supervision is necessary to ensure the health and safety of employees at work. Despite the legal requirement, health and safety training has a bad reputation. Due to training being branded boring by employees, it has been seen primarily as a tick-box exercise rather than an important step in making the workplace safer.

What is manual handling?

Manual handling refers to a variety of activities including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling and carrying. When these tasks are not carried out correctly, there is a risk of injury.

Why is safe manual handling important?

Following safe manual handling practices can help prevent serious injury as well as small injuries that can have serious impacts over time. In addition, manual handling injuries can have serious consequences for both the employer and the person who has been injured. Employees are required by law to perform a risk assessment of the hazards relevant to their workplace and could be held liable for an injury if it was found that adequate safety measures were lacking. Employers therefore have the responsibility to assess risks and do what they can to mitigate them, and employers must follow all rules for safe manual handling, inform their employers of any risks they identify, and take care to make sure that their activities do not put others at risk..

New manual handing training module

Over one third of all work related injuries are from manual handling. The most common are back injuries. Anyone involved in transporting items by their hands or bodily force should be aware of safe manual handling techniques, and the risks involved.

We have just added a new interactive module to our health and safety compliance training.

The manual handling module covers:

Employers’ responsibilities to keep their staff safe
Best-practice guidance on lifting, pushing and pulling devices
How to best push and pull heavy objects on heavy surfaces
Instances when a detailed risk assessment is required

The module can either be taken as a standalone course or added to our health and safety compliance course.

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Found in Translation: Translate any VinciWorks course

Almost all UK legislation, such as GDPR, the Criminal Finances Act 2017, the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Bribery Act 2010, has extra-territorial reach. It is therefore critical to an international business’ global compliance plan that all staff are made aware of the laws, wherever they are and whatever language they speak. Failure to show that your staff across the globe have undergone the correct training can result in large fines and a damaged reputation.

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VinciWorks’ DAC6 reporting solution awarded runner up prize in the British Legal Technology Awards

Runner up prize for IT product or service of the year

Thursday 12 November, 2020

This year, our DAC6 reporting solution was awarded the runner up prize in the category of IT Product or Service of the Year in the British Legal Tech Awards. The announcement took place during a virtual black-tie ceremony hosted by Netlaw Media and follows hard work from our full-time DAC6 team consisting of developers, subject-matter experts, support technicians and designers. We congratulate Orbital Witness for coming out first-place winners in the category.

New course release: Phishing Challenge 4.0

Research shows that even with all of the right IT protections in place, a majority of staff are at medium to high risk of falling prey to phishing attacks. These types of attacks are especially dangerous because, in contrast to other types of scams that may be easier to detect, phishing attacks use psychological gimmicks to trick the victim: they are designed to look credible and are sometimes even personalised. Therefore, even with all the right IT protection in place, one employee could click on one wrong link and potentially bring down a whole company.

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