It was interesting to read on our partner site http://www.complyport.co.uk/ that a company was recently subject to fines by the FSA on the topic of anti money laundering.
The interest from my perspective on this article was that the company had not been subject to any misdemeanour themselves, but had failed to provide adequate processes and control within their company to possibly prevent an incident occurring.
The lack of control of process had also lead to questionable levels of competence with regard to staff.
Only by developing formal policies and procedures, in line with the business and reviewing these on a regular basis to ensure the such policies are still fit for purpose and finally, communicating these to the appropriate personnel can a company expect to meet its regulatory obligations.
We are seeing more and more examples of this type of prosecution from compliance regulators and not just in financial areas. Those responsible for managing compliance within their firms should insist that proper control processes are in place. Certainly in this day and age this should lead to some form of integrated system.
It was also interesting to read within the article that both the company and the senior manager responsible for the policy process had been fined in this matter. There is no excuse for organisations, large or small not to control these matters and there are some excellent solutions within the market place to support such control.
Tabaq Software have developed and market jComply, a web based policy and procedure management application. http://www.jcomply.com/
In addition to the core application we have developed a number of add on modules to enhance the product to meet certain industry specific needs, this includes working with quality partners such as Complyport to ensure our clients staff are full trained in up to date material such as AML and TCF.
As a professionally developed, web based application jComply is available as a traditional client owned tool or as a Software as a Service (SAAS) solution which is proving very useful for our smaller clients.
Complimented with our FSA training content from Complyport, Tabaq Software continue to provide our financial and insurance clients with complete competitive corporate governance solutions. For further details or for a product demonstration contact sales@tabaqsoftware.com.
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
WHY MORE COMPANIES ARE TURNING TOWARDS SaaS?
Gartner predicts that the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market eclipsed $820 million in sales in 2008, up from $643 million in 2007, and will continue to grow at a compound annual rate of more than 30 percent for the next three years. What is driving more and more companies worldwide towards SaaS?
Whether it's a Fortune 500 company or one man band running a brokerage house the days of downloading and installing the latest version of an anti-virus to your PC are over. With the ever increasing usage of mobile devices, social networking sites as well as dependency on user-generated content for business purposes, analysts say the breadth and depth of gaping security holes grows faster and more insidious by the hour. This combined with the fact that companies can only control up to a certain extend what their employees are downloading or installing on their individual PCs makes a company’s entire network vulnerable to hackers. Given this scenario its easy to understand why more and more companies are turning towards Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Information Security is one of the driving reasons why companies feel the need to turn towards a more secure solution such as SaaS.
Besides security, another major reason for companies’ shift towards SaaS is controlling operation costs. To be in sync with today’s highly competitive environment companies need to invest time and money in the latest software and technologies relevant to their businesses. But due to the operation cost of hiring and training of IT staff, investing in hardware and software, most companies lack behind. In such a situation SaaS seems to be the obvious solution. Through SaaS the companies get access to the latest technologies without disturbing their operational costs.
Companies such as Tabaq Software are offering specialised solutions in SaaS. jComply, a complete policies and procedures management system by Tabaq is available as Software-as-a-Service. jComply SaaS is cost effective, faster to deploy, requires no initial capital outlay and is scalable.
For more information on jComply SaaS visit www.tabaqsoftware.com/products/jcomply/saas
Whether it's a Fortune 500 company or one man band running a brokerage house the days of downloading and installing the latest version of an anti-virus to your PC are over. With the ever increasing usage of mobile devices, social networking sites as well as dependency on user-generated content for business purposes, analysts say the breadth and depth of gaping security holes grows faster and more insidious by the hour. This combined with the fact that companies can only control up to a certain extend what their employees are downloading or installing on their individual PCs makes a company’s entire network vulnerable to hackers. Given this scenario its easy to understand why more and more companies are turning towards Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Information Security is one of the driving reasons why companies feel the need to turn towards a more secure solution such as SaaS.
Besides security, another major reason for companies’ shift towards SaaS is controlling operation costs. To be in sync with today’s highly competitive environment companies need to invest time and money in the latest software and technologies relevant to their businesses. But due to the operation cost of hiring and training of IT staff, investing in hardware and software, most companies lack behind. In such a situation SaaS seems to be the obvious solution. Through SaaS the companies get access to the latest technologies without disturbing their operational costs.
Companies such as Tabaq Software are offering specialised solutions in SaaS. jComply, a complete policies and procedures management system by Tabaq is available as Software-as-a-Service. jComply SaaS is cost effective, faster to deploy, requires no initial capital outlay and is scalable.
For more information on jComply SaaS visit www.tabaqsoftware.com/products/jcomply/saas
WHY COMPANIES NEED STRONGER ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS?
It is tempting for many organisations to view AML training programs as 'just another compliance burden'. As a result, part of the focus of the new AML regime to date has been on the large individual and corporate penalties that may be levied for non-compliance under the Act. In fact companies can be fined as much as $ 11 million for a breach of a civil penalty provision and individuals can be fined up to $2.2 million. These fines may also quickly escalate if multiple breaches are involved.
For companies which have yet to realize the importance of implementation and training of AML programs it is worth considering the potential costs and risks of having an inadequate approach to money laundering. Besides financial lose due to penalties companies face various other risks such as reputational risks, regulatory risks, legal risks and concentration risks as result of non-compliance with AML policies. Companies conducting business internationally have a higher risk factor especially those subject to the AML regimes of the UK and the US. Such companies are increasingly looking to deal with other companies with a strong AML program in place in order to help meet their own AML regulatory requirements and to avoid guilt by association. The biggest risk for any organisation besides financial lose is potential damage to its reputation arising from the organisation’s alleged involvement in money laundering or even worse, terrorism. In today’s world no organisation can stand the risk of association with terrorism. Clearly its up to the organisation’s chartered secretaries and MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) to promote the message and its importance within the company.
As costly and time-consuming AML compliance will be for an organisation, there are a range of real benefits to be gained from a robust AML compliance program that has been endorsed by its governing body including:
For companies which have yet to realize the importance of implementation and training of AML programs it is worth considering the potential costs and risks of having an inadequate approach to money laundering. Besides financial lose due to penalties companies face various other risks such as reputational risks, regulatory risks, legal risks and concentration risks as result of non-compliance with AML policies. Companies conducting business internationally have a higher risk factor especially those subject to the AML regimes of the UK and the US. Such companies are increasingly looking to deal with other companies with a strong AML program in place in order to help meet their own AML regulatory requirements and to avoid guilt by association. The biggest risk for any organisation besides financial lose is potential damage to its reputation arising from the organisation’s alleged involvement in money laundering or even worse, terrorism. In today’s world no organisation can stand the risk of association with terrorism. Clearly its up to the organisation’s chartered secretaries and MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) to promote the message and its importance within the company.
As costly and time-consuming AML compliance will be for an organisation, there are a range of real benefits to be gained from a robust AML compliance program that has been endorsed by its governing body including:
- Increased revenue and marketing opportunities through the acquisition of more comprehensive and reliable customer information through KYC and Due Diligence.
- Reducing bad debts and fraud losses as a result of enhanced customer due diligence
- Improving operational efficiencies through more integrated and automated management of financial crime
- Reducing the risks of exposure to corruption, identity crime, terrorist financing and a range of other potentially damaging criminal activities
- Enhancing the overall control and risk environment by tightly linking AML to broader operational risk measures with potentially favourable outcomes for capital adequacy requirements.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Improving Business Process Profitably
Improving Business Process.
All organisations have the need from time to time to review how they are doing business and whether there is a better way of doing things.
Larger organisations such as public liability companies (PLC’s) have a responsibility to the share holders to improve performance whilst the public sector have a duty to spend tax payers money efficiently.
Whilst many smaller businesses are too busy trying to keep abreast of things, taking time out to review business processes can lead to a substantial improvement in performance.
For private limited companies an improvement in performance of just 5% on a turnover of £1million would deliver an additional £50k straight on the bottom line.
How can this be achieved? For years IT vendors have been promising businesses Utopia with solutions such as EDI (electronic data integration) ERP ( enterprise resource planning) and CRM ( client relationship management) yet collectively they seldom deliver the promised business improvement or justify the time, effort and money invested into such projects.
Other than the arrival of the Internet in the mid 90’s, there has been no “big bang” from technology providers however we have seen throughout the 00’s the maturing of this media and we are seeing businesses large and small trying to get to grips with Web 2.0 services to support business improvement.
Large vendors such as Microsoft and IBM have developed Share Point and Web Sphere respectively to accommodate such change but both these seem to me to be a sledge hammer to crack a nutshell in most circumstances.
Most organisations run their processes through software, much of which will have been acquired at different times and for different reasons.
Some organisations may well have acquired additional software from a merger or acquisition. The reality for most businesses is a myriad of unconnected, disparate systems, all serving a purpose but none of them working together.
Web 2.0 services may well be the solution to the majority of organisations. Making use of what you have by way of applications and using a number of supporting middle ware tools to get them to work together.
Example 1. Process to Application Process Automation
Application Integration (a.k.a. Web 2.0 services) - XML based, Middleware that addresses application to application. (A2A) data integration.
Manages complex transactions across multiple platforms and Systems.
Supports data integration and transformation.
Where the typical deliverable's might include:
So how can Tabaq Software help?
By meeting with your senior management team we can discuss typical areas where we have supported other organisations improve performance.
Once agreed where best to review, our assigned business consultant will work with your team to understand current business process and, where technology supports these processes, review the performance and actions.
From this activity, recommendations can be made for improvement which are accompanied by detail and cost so that your management team can focus on an identified return on investment, an exact timescale for delivery and specific performance improvement supported by key performance indicators to measure the success by.
Typical improvement areas are:
· Reduction in data entry costs.
· Improvement in accuracy of data collected.
· Automation of order, picking and delivery process.
· Higher customer satisfaction.
· Reduction in order processing costs.
· Reduction in compliance costs.
· Fully auditable process.
· Real time reporting of KPI’s.
To learn more about services provided by Tabaq Software, email sales@tabaqsoftware.com or visit http://www.tabaqsoftware.com/.
All organisations have the need from time to time to review how they are doing business and whether there is a better way of doing things.
Larger organisations such as public liability companies (PLC’s) have a responsibility to the share holders to improve performance whilst the public sector have a duty to spend tax payers money efficiently.
Whilst many smaller businesses are too busy trying to keep abreast of things, taking time out to review business processes can lead to a substantial improvement in performance.
For private limited companies an improvement in performance of just 5% on a turnover of £1million would deliver an additional £50k straight on the bottom line.
How can this be achieved? For years IT vendors have been promising businesses Utopia with solutions such as EDI (electronic data integration) ERP ( enterprise resource planning) and CRM ( client relationship management) yet collectively they seldom deliver the promised business improvement or justify the time, effort and money invested into such projects.
Other than the arrival of the Internet in the mid 90’s, there has been no “big bang” from technology providers however we have seen throughout the 00’s the maturing of this media and we are seeing businesses large and small trying to get to grips with Web 2.0 services to support business improvement.
Large vendors such as Microsoft and IBM have developed Share Point and Web Sphere respectively to accommodate such change but both these seem to me to be a sledge hammer to crack a nutshell in most circumstances.
Most organisations run their processes through software, much of which will have been acquired at different times and for different reasons.
Some organisations may well have acquired additional software from a merger or acquisition. The reality for most businesses is a myriad of unconnected, disparate systems, all serving a purpose but none of them working together.
Web 2.0 services may well be the solution to the majority of organisations. Making use of what you have by way of applications and using a number of supporting middle ware tools to get them to work together.
Example 1. Process to Application Process Automation
Application Integration (a.k.a. Web 2.0 services) - XML based, Middleware that addresses application to application. (A2A) data integration.Manages complex transactions across multiple platforms and Systems.
Supports data integration and transformation.
Where the typical deliverable's might include:
- Work flow, People Management, Collaboration, Search Facilities, Business Forms, Content Management, Business Intelligence, Platform Services, Security, Topology, Workspace Management, Storage, Site Modelling.
So how can Tabaq Software help?
By meeting with your senior management team we can discuss typical areas where we have supported other organisations improve performance.
Once agreed where best to review, our assigned business consultant will work with your team to understand current business process and, where technology supports these processes, review the performance and actions.
From this activity, recommendations can be made for improvement which are accompanied by detail and cost so that your management team can focus on an identified return on investment, an exact timescale for delivery and specific performance improvement supported by key performance indicators to measure the success by.
Typical improvement areas are:
· Reduction in data entry costs.
· Improvement in accuracy of data collected.
· Automation of order, picking and delivery process.
· Higher customer satisfaction.
· Reduction in order processing costs.
· Reduction in compliance costs.
· Fully auditable process.
· Real time reporting of KPI’s.
To learn more about services provided by Tabaq Software, email sales@tabaqsoftware.com or visit http://www.tabaqsoftware.com/.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Do US Compliance regulations play a part in the UK ?
As a UK vendor of compliance software I get increasingly annoyed at how most news worthy articles I read on the web referring to compliance and regulations constantly refer back to US legislation.
Its almost as if the UK does not have to comply to legislation. Certainly the "does not live here" attitude from many UK Compliance Managers I meet should consider the more subtle British way of introducing change.
I wrote in my blog of 30th September that the onus of responsibility has changed in the UK for Health and Safety issues. Indeed, not only are line managers more accountable for health and safety issues, the concept of innocent until proven guilty in a legal situation appears to have shifted to that of prove you have complied.
Irrespective of the lack of legislation within the UK towards Corporate and Information Governance the trend is toward individual responsibility,but when does responsibility become culpability.
Back in the early 1970's VAT was introduced to the UK. Suddenly, all those business owners who traded over the stated threshold became instant tax collectors and responsible for completing quarterly returns and submitting these along with the tax collected. Anyone to this day who does not carry out this function is liable to receive fines and possibly a custodial sentence if deemed appropriate. Is this a responsibility or culpability?
Fast forward to the changes in the UK licencing regulations in the middle of this decade. Each licensed establishment is now required to assign a designated premises supervisor who holds ultimate responsibility for the running of that premises. This includes health and safety, enforcing anti social behaviour laws and bye laws both within and immediately outside of the designated premises, non smoking rules, stopping under age drinking, stamping out drug abuse, etc.
These are not bad things to try to address but when does the responsible bar owner go from being responsible to culpable.
More importantly for this article when does the law support those responsible rather than use them to apportion blame and liability when it comes to issues involving legislation and Corporate Governance.
How can an organisation and individuals working within those entities ensure they are acting responsibly and endorsing policies and procedures rather than appearing culpable to a wider audience.
The answer lies within the such legislation as Sarbanes Oxley, Basell II, HIPAA and the like all be them US law. All these acts were delivered to help support the use of properly managed processes, probably utilising technology to show good corporate practice within each Acts specified area.
Rather than review such news items that quote US legislation with an attitude of "it does not fit here", personnel operating within UK organisations should consider the shift of emphasis in this country from "innocent until proven guilty" to "proof of compliance".
The use of technology really can make a difference and I am particularly proud to sell jComply our policy and procedure management solution. This application is designed to support all people within an organisation understand, meet and then deliver responsibility be it in health and safety, information security, corporate governance or best practice.
Visit http://www.jcomply.com/
Its almost as if the UK does not have to comply to legislation. Certainly the "does not live here" attitude from many UK Compliance Managers I meet should consider the more subtle British way of introducing change.
I wrote in my blog of 30th September that the onus of responsibility has changed in the UK for Health and Safety issues. Indeed, not only are line managers more accountable for health and safety issues, the concept of innocent until proven guilty in a legal situation appears to have shifted to that of prove you have complied.
Irrespective of the lack of legislation within the UK towards Corporate and Information Governance the trend is toward individual responsibility,but when does responsibility become culpability.
Back in the early 1970's VAT was introduced to the UK. Suddenly, all those business owners who traded over the stated threshold became instant tax collectors and responsible for completing quarterly returns and submitting these along with the tax collected. Anyone to this day who does not carry out this function is liable to receive fines and possibly a custodial sentence if deemed appropriate. Is this a responsibility or culpability?
Fast forward to the changes in the UK licencing regulations in the middle of this decade. Each licensed establishment is now required to assign a designated premises supervisor who holds ultimate responsibility for the running of that premises. This includes health and safety, enforcing anti social behaviour laws and bye laws both within and immediately outside of the designated premises, non smoking rules, stopping under age drinking, stamping out drug abuse, etc.
These are not bad things to try to address but when does the responsible bar owner go from being responsible to culpable.
More importantly for this article when does the law support those responsible rather than use them to apportion blame and liability when it comes to issues involving legislation and Corporate Governance.
How can an organisation and individuals working within those entities ensure they are acting responsibly and endorsing policies and procedures rather than appearing culpable to a wider audience.
The answer lies within the such legislation as Sarbanes Oxley, Basell II, HIPAA and the like all be them US law. All these acts were delivered to help support the use of properly managed processes, probably utilising technology to show good corporate practice within each Acts specified area.
Rather than review such news items that quote US legislation with an attitude of "it does not fit here", personnel operating within UK organisations should consider the shift of emphasis in this country from "innocent until proven guilty" to "proof of compliance".
The use of technology really can make a difference and I am particularly proud to sell jComply our policy and procedure management solution. This application is designed to support all people within an organisation understand, meet and then deliver responsibility be it in health and safety, information security, corporate governance or best practice.
Visit http://www.jcomply.com/
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Line managers Health and Safety Responsibility.
In June 2008, new legislation was released that increases penalties and provide courts with greater sentencing powers for those who flout health and safety legislation.
The legislation was changed as it is generally recognised that the level of fines for some health and safety offences are too low. The changes will ensure that sentences can now be more easily set at a level to deter businesses that do not take their health and safety management responsibilities seriously and further encourage employers and others to comply with the law.
The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008, will increase penalties and provide courts with greater sentencing powers for those who flout health and safety legislation.
The Act raises the maximum penalties that can be imposed for breaching health and safety regulations in the lower courts from £5,000 to £20,000 and the range of offences for which an individual can be imprisoned has also been broadened.
The Act, which covers Great Britain and Northern Ireland, came into force in January 2009.
The main points of the Act are;
Increasing penalties and providing the Courts with greater sentencing powers has been Government and HSE policy since the publication of the Revitalising Health and Safety Strategy Statement in June 2000.
The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 was introduced as a Private Members Bill and piloted through the House of Commons by the Rt Hon Keith Hill MP and by the Rt Hon Lord Bruce Grocott in the House of Lords.
The effect of the Act is to:
a) raise the maximum fine which may be imposed in the lower courts to £20,000 for most health and safety offences;
b) make imprisonment an option for more health and safety offences in both the lower and higher courts;
c) make certain offences, which are currently triable only in the lower courts, triable in either the lower or higher courts.
The big question to be asked is how will this effect the line managers who are responsible for staff in their respective areas of control?
Under Health and Safety law, any individual in the workplace – including employees, management and directors – can be found guilty of Health and Safety offences which, under the new law, will bring with them imprisonment as an option for punishment. The maximum term of imprisonment is two years, which can also be accompanied by an unlimited fine.
So, if you are a line manager and need to ensure you are taking your responsibilities in this area seriously how best can you achieve this?
The use of information systems has been of extreme importance over the past decade for auditors and accountants to show best practice for financial matters. This has been further endorsed by legislation such as Sarbanes Oxley but health and safety still appears to take a back seat within the UK despite the change in consequence for line managers.
The use of an effective and fully audited policy and procedure management tool is an excellent way for managers at all levels within an organisation to ensure their respective teams are aware of and are suitably trained to understand and deploy health and safety procedures within the organisation.
Why should you insist that your employer goes to such lengths?
Labour MP Keith Hill, who introduced the Act, has said that imprisonment should only be appropriate in the most serious of cases. This is of little comfort given that sentencing is now a matter purely for Magistrates and Judges, who are without precedent and are yet to receive any guidance from the Sentencing Guidelines Council (which will be crucial).
Already this year we have seen the first sentences being imposed.
Watch out senior managers
Hill has said there’ll be a minimal increase in those going to jail as a result of this Act. Don’t be fooled. Given the new focus on the acts and omissions of senior managers in prosecutions brought under the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, it’s likely that the Prosecution will be tempted to send more and more senior managers away at the same time, particularly when public perception plays such an important role in high profile and multiple fatalities.
Simply put: if we cannot ‘get’ individuals for corporate manslaughter, we’ll get them for breaches of Health and Safety.
Innocent until proven guilty?
Even more worryingly, the new provisions for imprisonment pose a serious Human Rights issue. Individual defendants facing the possibility of imprisonment will be facing what’s called a ‘reverse burden of proof’.
As the law stands, the Prosecution has to prove very little – with respect to the general Health and Safety offences – before the burden of proof switches to the Defendant to show that he or she fulfilled their duty so far as was reasonably practicable.
There are a number of Policy and Procedure Management tools around that could support the manager in showing they had fulfilled their duty, one such solution is jComply from Tabaq Software.
jComply is a complete 360 process to introduce policies and procedures in the company. The system ensures that the concerned personnel reads the policy records, tests the employees knowledge about the related policy and generates comprehensive reports on the company's compliance level.
All activities are recorded so a line manager has evidence that such activities have occurred.
Certainly, if I was entering into line management today I would want to see such a supporting application introduced as a minimum to help me in this area.
Where do you sit within this area?
Let me know. Visit http://www.jcomply.com/ or email sales@tabaqsoftware.com.
The legislation was changed as it is generally recognised that the level of fines for some health and safety offences are too low. The changes will ensure that sentences can now be more easily set at a level to deter businesses that do not take their health and safety management responsibilities seriously and further encourage employers and others to comply with the law.
The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008, will increase penalties and provide courts with greater sentencing powers for those who flout health and safety legislation.
The Act raises the maximum penalties that can be imposed for breaching health and safety regulations in the lower courts from £5,000 to £20,000 and the range of offences for which an individual can be imprisoned has also been broadened.
The Act, which covers Great Britain and Northern Ireland, came into force in January 2009.
The main points of the Act are;
Increasing penalties and providing the Courts with greater sentencing powers has been Government and HSE policy since the publication of the Revitalising Health and Safety Strategy Statement in June 2000.
The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 was introduced as a Private Members Bill and piloted through the House of Commons by the Rt Hon Keith Hill MP and by the Rt Hon Lord Bruce Grocott in the House of Lords.
The effect of the Act is to:
a) raise the maximum fine which may be imposed in the lower courts to £20,000 for most health and safety offences;
b) make imprisonment an option for more health and safety offences in both the lower and higher courts;
c) make certain offences, which are currently triable only in the lower courts, triable in either the lower or higher courts.
The big question to be asked is how will this effect the line managers who are responsible for staff in their respective areas of control?
Under Health and Safety law, any individual in the workplace – including employees, management and directors – can be found guilty of Health and Safety offences which, under the new law, will bring with them imprisonment as an option for punishment. The maximum term of imprisonment is two years, which can also be accompanied by an unlimited fine.
So, if you are a line manager and need to ensure you are taking your responsibilities in this area seriously how best can you achieve this?
The use of information systems has been of extreme importance over the past decade for auditors and accountants to show best practice for financial matters. This has been further endorsed by legislation such as Sarbanes Oxley but health and safety still appears to take a back seat within the UK despite the change in consequence for line managers.
The use of an effective and fully audited policy and procedure management tool is an excellent way for managers at all levels within an organisation to ensure their respective teams are aware of and are suitably trained to understand and deploy health and safety procedures within the organisation.
Why should you insist that your employer goes to such lengths?
Labour MP Keith Hill, who introduced the Act, has said that imprisonment should only be appropriate in the most serious of cases. This is of little comfort given that sentencing is now a matter purely for Magistrates and Judges, who are without precedent and are yet to receive any guidance from the Sentencing Guidelines Council (which will be crucial).
Already this year we have seen the first sentences being imposed.
Watch out senior managers
Hill has said there’ll be a minimal increase in those going to jail as a result of this Act. Don’t be fooled. Given the new focus on the acts and omissions of senior managers in prosecutions brought under the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, it’s likely that the Prosecution will be tempted to send more and more senior managers away at the same time, particularly when public perception plays such an important role in high profile and multiple fatalities.
Simply put: if we cannot ‘get’ individuals for corporate manslaughter, we’ll get them for breaches of Health and Safety.
Innocent until proven guilty?
Even more worryingly, the new provisions for imprisonment pose a serious Human Rights issue. Individual defendants facing the possibility of imprisonment will be facing what’s called a ‘reverse burden of proof’.
As the law stands, the Prosecution has to prove very little – with respect to the general Health and Safety offences – before the burden of proof switches to the Defendant to show that he or she fulfilled their duty so far as was reasonably practicable.
There are a number of Policy and Procedure Management tools around that could support the manager in showing they had fulfilled their duty, one such solution is jComply from Tabaq Software.
jComply is a complete 360 process to introduce policies and procedures in the company. The system ensures that the concerned personnel reads the policy records, tests the employees knowledge about the related policy and generates comprehensive reports on the company's compliance level.
All activities are recorded so a line manager has evidence that such activities have occurred.
Certainly, if I was entering into line management today I would want to see such a supporting application introduced as a minimum to help me in this area.
Where do you sit within this area?
Let me know. Visit http://www.jcomply.com/ or email sales@tabaqsoftware.com.
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Tabaq Software Expands with Anderson Appointment
Tabaq Software specialises in provding compliance solutions to the heavily regulated industries. To support the expansion in UK, Tabaq Software has appointed Tim Anderson as Sales Manager. To read more about our innovative compliance product, visit www.tabaqsoftware.com/jcomply/
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