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The GDPR legislation from the EU is a tricky field to navigate for AU and NZ businesses. Here’s what you need to know and how compliance training can help you.

Compliance training refers to the process of delivering educational programs to employees on the rules, regulations, policies and procedures that apply to their role within the organisation. As such, compliance training can cover a range of areas, including privacy, bribery, bullying, day-to-day procedures, record management, anti-competitive behaviour, and much more. Applying Code of Conduct Training Compliance…

The Benefits and Risks to Businesses The growth of social media has led to the most monumental change in the way we do business since the creation of the Internet. The likes of Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and blogging have given businesses of every size unlimited access to a huge new untapped marketplace of potential…

How it Impacts your Business Running a business is tough enough these days, without the added risk of the ‘enemy from within’. Bribery or corruption can have serious implications for your business. It can mean investigation, the risk of criminal prosecution, damage to your reputation and to your share price if you are a listed…

In the past, reputation was often regarded as an intangible business asset, one that is difficult to quantify. For an educational institution, however, reputation is everything. You live and die by it. In the case of government-run institutions such as public schools, the reputation of the system as a whole is largely what affects your…

Equal Opportunity Training Workplace bullying has a cost to those being bullied, a cost to the community and can have a significant cost to your business. Learning how to identify and deal with workplace bullying through compliance training can save you a lot of time and money and lead to a more positive and productive workplace.…

Minimise Workplace Hazards Whatever kind of business you run, whether it’s a workshop, a retail outlet or a factory, your workplace contains potential hazards that could injure or even kill your employees. Which is why having an OHS system in place is so important. Protecting your staff’s health and safety isn’t just the right thing…

Is Your Business Meeting its Environmental Obligations? Environmental protection legislation is consistently being reviewed, with new laws being passed regularly at commonwealth, state and local government level. This new legislation contains severe penalties for environmental offenders, so it is vital as a business that you know what your environmental obligations are and how to meet…

Many business transactions rely on the use of customers’ personal information. How this information is collected, used, stored and disclosed is regulated by the Federal Privacy Act. Are you aware that your business is bound by the Privacy Act and that you have obligations with regard to each of the ten National Privacy Principles? Do…

Stamp Out Insider Trading With Thorough Employee Training Knowledge is power. Knowledge that no one else possesses is very powerful indeed. Broadly speaking, insider trading is the use of that exclusive knowledge to benefit oneself at the expense of others. And it’s not restricted to corporate high flyers, epitomised by Gordon Gekko in the movie…