Webinar: Enhance your Leadership Skills
Watch Major Matina Jewell as she shares her experience in the Australian Defence Force. Matina explains how businesses can apply military leadership skills to everyday business activities and staff.
3 Types Of Employee Fraud You Need To Know About – Common Examples Of Fraud In The Workplace
Did you know that employees are responsible for 70 per cent of business fraud in Australia? Here are three types of employee fraud you should be on the lookout for.
The Australian Spam Act 2003. Is It Illegal To Send Spam Emails? Everything your Business Needs To Know
More and more businesses are reaching out to their customers via email and SMS. And why not? It’s very cost-effective and practically instantaneous. But if you go about it the wrong way, you can seriously damage your reputation with current and potential customers and find yourself in breach of the Spam Act. To avoid non-compliance…
Know your obligations as a responsible manager
What does an organisation need to have an AFS licence? In order to hold an Australian Financial Services licence, an organisation is required by ASIC to nominate a Responsible Manager. This is the person who is responsible for your organisational competence. What are the obligations of a Responsible Manager? If you have been nominated by…
Looking After Your Workplace: Common Examples Of Breaches In OHS Practices In The Workplace
To determine the most common breaches of occupational health and safety (OHS) practices – you only have to look at the most common causes of injury in Australian workplaces every year. Examples of common workplace injury causes: Body Stressing (Overexertion). The leading cause of workplace injury in Australia. It includes repetitive strain injuries and injuries…
Are you an equal opportunity employer?
Equal opportunity is now a business buzz word. This is largely due to the growing number of harassment and discrimination cases being brought before the courts. It’s also due to the fact that it’s the employers, not the perpetrators who are receiving the fines, because equal opportunity legislation puts the onus of responsibility squarely on…
Completing a Compliance Checklist for Your Business
Risk management is no longer a strategy reserved for large corporations. Today, every business has compliance obligations and the best way to stay on top of them is to complete a compliance checklist. The key areas where compliance is required are: Equal Opportunity; Workplace Health and Safety; Consumer Law; and Privacy. Whether further areas of…
Privacy Training Preparations
The Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim released a statement on 25 January urging companies to begin preparing for the upcoming privacy reforms, due to come into effect in March 2014. In the release, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is recommending businesses prepare for the reforms by reviewing: privacy policies and information collection…
New Privacy Reforms
Is Your Business Prepared for the New Privacy Reforms? Privacy legislation in Australia is about to undergo major changes. The Attorney General has responded to the amendments to the Privacy Act 1988, recommended in the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report, and the first half of 295 proposed changes are now before parliament. Currently, the Privacy…
New Compliance Training Courses
Safetrac continue to expand their course library by launching a number of new training courses including the following: Contract Law This courseis designed to make your employees aware of some key contract issues that may arise in the course of your work and encourage your employees to make appropriate assistance within or outside your organisation – course…
HSBC AML failures
HSBC made history this week by agreeing to pay a record $1.92 billion in settlement for failing to enforce rules designed to prevent the proceeds of criminal activity finding its way into the financial system. While the huge sum of money ensured sensational news headlines, the Deferred Prosecution Agreement signed by HSBC offers valuable information…
Financial Services Compliance: The Rules Are Changing
As with most professions these days, financial advisers are subject to a number of regulations and standards put in place by governments to protect consumers and investors. Financial advice is a very personal affair, requiring intimate knowledge of a customer’s finances and having a direct impact on that person’s financial future. Whatever kind of advice…
