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What is a Risk Assessment in Health and Social Care?

  • In any sector a risk assessment is a necessary legal requirement, but it is even more essential within the health and social care industry. Health and social care organisations already deal with vulnerable customers and work associates, so an effective risk assessment is even more important to ensure that all hazards are controlled.
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VinciWorks

April 1, 2022

What is a Risk Assessment in Childcare?

  • Risk assessments are an essential part of health and safety procedures, and they are vital in childcare. Children are susceptible to slips and trips commonly; risk assessments can help your organisation to ensure that these hazards are minimised.
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VinciWorks

April 1, 2022

What is a Fire Risk Assessment?

  • Fire risk assessments are essential to protect all individuals in certain premises from fire hazards and to maintain health and safety standards. If fire risk assessments are not conducted properly the responsible person can face imprisonment and unlimited fines.
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VinciWorks

April 1, 2022

What Hazards and Risks are there in the Workplace?

  • There can be a range of hazards and risks in the workplace, and you need to consider which of them are specific to your workplace. These hazards can be identified through the use of a risk assessment, followed by the implementation of control measures to protect against hazards and risks.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

What are Control Measures?

  • Control measures are the protective precautions put into place to protect individuals from the risks and hazards that exist within the workplace. Therefore, control measures are an essential part of risk assessments within organisations. Knowledge and training of all types of control measures is essential.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

What is Work-Related Violence and Aggression?

  • The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) define work-related violence as any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in the workplace. There has been a serious crackdown on incidents of violence and aggression in the workplace, meaning it is an employer’s responsibility to monitor this conduct.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

  • Personal protective equipment is essentially the equipment which can be used to protect an individual against health and safety risks in the workplace. It is a UK health and safety requirement for employers to enforce the use of personal protective equipment in the workplace.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

Failure to Prevent Fraud: just over four months on, are businesses really ready?

On 1 September 2025, the UK’s new corporate offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud came into force under

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Sara Henna Dahan

OFAC’s $4.7m real estate penalty is a sanctions case study in plain sight

On 24 November 2025, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a $4,677,552 civil penalty

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Sara Henna Dahan

Millicom’s TIGO Guatemala resolution: $118m paid to close US foreign bribery investigation

Millicom International Cellular, the Luxembourg-incorporated telecoms group behind the Tigo brand in Latin America, has agreed a two-year

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Sara Henna Dahan

Will a private members’ bill redefine workplace bullying in the UK?

For years, workplace bullying has sat in an awkward legal gap. Employees who experience sustained intimidation, humiliation, or

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Nick Henderson-Mayo

The shadow fleet that would not die: how OFAC finally caught up with the “Kunlun legacy” network

There is a temptation to treat the “shadow fleet” as something new. It is often discussed as a

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Sara Henna Dahan

Compliance lessons from the first FCPA Deferred Prosecution Agreement of Trump’s second term

On 12 December 2025, the US Department of Justice announced a Deferred Prosecution Agreement under the Foreign Corrupt

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Nick Henderson-Mayo

What AMLA’s new risk methodology means for compliance professionals

For years, EU anti-money laundering supervision has rested almost entirely with national competent authorities. That model is now

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Nick Henderson-Mayo

What to expect in corporate governance compliance in 2026: The trends shaping enforcement, liability and training

Corporate compliance in 2026 is defined less by new tick-box rules and more by a clear shift in

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Sara Henna Dahan

Beyond the Modern Slavery Act: inside the UK’s proposed new business and human rights law

The UK is on the verge of a major shift in how it tackles forced labour and human

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Sara Henna Dahan

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