Avoid the Common GDPR Mistakes
The Cyber Governance Health Check Report revealed that only 6% of FTSE 350 companies are properly prepared for the changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including GDPR training. All businesses in the UK need to adhere to the EU’s updated GDPR legal framework when it comes to data they hold and how it’s […]
Treating Customers Fairly (TCF)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the conduct regulator for 56,000 financial services firms and financial markets in the UK and the prudential regulator for over 24,000 of those firms. The FCA plays a critical role in the UK economy ensuring that financial markets are honest, Treats Customers Fairly (TCF), small and large businesses and […]
What is a Pandemic and how does it differ from an Epidemic?
An epidemic is an infectious disease that quickly and severely affects a large number of people and then subsides. However, a pandemic is an epidemic that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. Pandemics have posed the most deadly threats to mankind throughout history, claiming more lives than all accidents and wars combined. […]
New GDPR eLearning Course now available
VinciWorks has launched a new GDPR eLearning course on a topic all companies in the EU need to ensure they are up to speed on this year – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). From 25th May 2018, the new legal framework on GDPR will apply, with businesses failing to recognise the compliance status facing substantial […]
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 […]
Equality and Diversity Policies: What is Workplace Discrimination
Creating a working environment that embraces all people free from discrimination, is a continual challenge for employers. As responsible employers, you have a duty to provide equality and diversity in the workplace where employees and customers are treated fairly and equally regardless of colour, race, age, gender or belief and valuing the differences and diversity […]
Cybercrime: 5 effective tactics that can help to protect your organisation
Cybercrime: The growing menace Over the last few decades crime has changed. Traditional crimes such as theft and burglary have declined and criminal gangs have taken a digital road, exploring and exploiting new opportunities, those offered by the Internet, the ever-expanding world of e-commerce and online banking. Nobody really knows how big Cybercrime is but, […]
Disciplinary Procedures: When does misconduct become “Gross”?
Disciplinary Procedures: ‘Misconduct’ in the workplace refers to unacceptable or improper behavior. This includes failing to reach performance goals and business expectations, persistent lateness or unauthorized absence from work. Misconduct is classed as ‘gross’ when the behavior is more serious, for example, physical violence, insubordination, theft and gross negligence. An organization’s Code of Conduct should […]
Are Your Employees Trained to Spot the Signs of Modern Slavery
Modern Day Slavery Slavery is a term most people associate with events long consigned to the annals of history. However even today, millions of men, women and children around the world are forced to work in indentured servitude as slaves in the modern era. Statistics released by the National Crime Agency (NCA) show there were […]
Training staff to prevent workplace bullying and harassment
Workplace bullying – The Equality Act 2010 According to ACAS, Bullying is defined as ‘offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behaviour, abuse or misuse of power through means intended to undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient’. Harassment, defined by the Equality Act 2010, is regarded as any form of behaviour that makes an individual feel […]
