Upcoming webinar: Making your organisation more neurodiversity friendly

Upcoming webinar: Making your organisation more neurodiversity friendly

Wednesday 10 April 12pm UK

Neurodiversity is becoming more understood as a workplace issue.

As many as 1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodivergent, meaning that organisations that fail to meet the needs of their neurodivergent staff and clients are neglecting a significant demographic. Although there are challenges associated with these differences, there are also many strengths.

At the same time, failing to make workplaces inclusive of neurodiversity is an increasing risk. Over a hundred cases of neurodiversity discrimination were taken to employment tribunals last year, with almost none the year before.

Organisations that fail to put in place the right policies and procedures to support neurodivergent staff are at risk of losing talented staff, as well as the risk of legal action. Making a workplace that is neurodiversity friendly doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive.

In this webinar, we’ll look at what neurodiversity is, strategies to support neurodivergent staff at work, and what policies and procedures organisations should have in place.

This one-hour session will cover:

– What is neurodiversity and what are different neurodivergent conditions?
– The challenges faced by neurodivergent staff at work
– Strategies to support and encourage diversity of thought at work
– Short workplace scenario clips on how organisations can support neurodivergent people
– Supporting neurodivergent staff in the workplace
– Creating policies and procedures inclusive of neurodiversity

Upcoming webinar: Getting to grips with proliferation financing one year on

Upcoming webinar: Getting to grips with proliferation financing one year on

Wednesday 03 April 12pm UK

Since 1 April 2023, all firms in the regulated sector have been required to carry out proliferation financing (PF) risk assessments.

This applies to all regulated entities, from law firms to financial services, casinos to cryptocurrency.

Regulated entities can create a new risk assessment on proliferation financing or incorporate PF risks into existing AML and terrorist financing risk assessments. However, regulators expect firms to take action to understand the risk of PF and how to mitigate it in their business. Failing to do so can result in a breach of the Money Laundering Regulations.

One year into this new requirement on the regulated sector, how effective have the new regulations been? What are the key strategies for compliance, and what are the best practice tips for ensuring PF obligations are met? In this webinar, we’ll look at the issue of proliferation financing in detail, discuss strategies for compliance, and share best practices for understanding and mitigating PF risks.

This one-hour session will cover:

– What proliferation financing is and the jurisdictions and industries at risk
– The differences and similarities between proliferation financing, money laundering and terrorist financing
– Practical examples of how proliferation financing can happen
– Proliferation red flags and high risk indicators
– Strategies and technologies to counter the risk of proliferation financing
– How to undertake a proliferation financing risk assessment

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Upcoming webinar: Caring for carers at work

Upcoming webinar: Caring for carers at work

Wednesday 20 March 12pm UK

There are around 3 million unpaid carers in the UK, and more than one in seven people in any workplace is a carer. Unpaid carers’ work is often painful and exhausting, and a workplace that supports all its staff should also support carers.

The Carers Leave Act became law in 2023 and gives employees a statutory right to a week’s unpaid leave to care for a dependent. Show the carers among your staff that you value them as employees and recognise their unique challenges by making sure your organisation is a supportive place for carers.

In this free webinar, VinciWorks experts will explore what the Carers Leave Act means, its obligations to employees and employers, and how to make your organisation a supportive and welcoming place for carers.

The webinar will cover:

  • The experiences of carers at work
  • The Carers Leave Act’s new regulatory obligations on organisations
  • The unique needs of carers
  • How workplaces can build a supportive environment for carers
  • Understanding the challenges that carers face

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Upcoming webinar: An international perspective on gifts, hospitality and bribery laws

Upcoming webinar: An international perspective on gifts, hospitality and bribery laws

Wednesday 13 March 3pm UK

The issues of gifts, hospitality and bribery are increasingly complicated – especially for companies doing business in other countries. The danger of getting caught up in a corruption scandal is damaging, expensive and could be ultimately devastating. But when is a gift considered bribery? How can corruption, or even the perception of corruption, be avoided in business? 

In this webinar we’ll highlight some recent bribery scandals, analyse how they could be avoided and take a deep dive into international anti-corruption laws. Most importantly, we’ll discuss how companies can safely conduct business around the world. We’ll include info on Transparency International’s recently released annual report on perceptions of corruption and bribery across the world and explain how it can form a critical part of a company’s bribery and corruption risk assessment. 

This free, one-hour session will provide key background info on everything from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the US to the UK’s Bribery Act to the EU’s proposed anti-corruption legislation. If your company has any business in a foreign country, including any parts of its supply chain, you’ll want to join this one.

This webinar will feature:

  • A basic understanding of anti-corruption legislation around the world
  • Highlights of recent scandals – and how they could have avoided
  • How you can manage your company’s gifts and hospitality policy
  • How to prevent corruption in your business
  • Future trends in anti-corruption laws

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