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Mental health first aid and the law

25.01.19

Since the 1981 Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations were introduced, providing physical First Aid support has been a requirement for all workplaces. Since then, physical First Aid has become ingrained in our culture. But with recent Mind research suggesting that nearly half of us will experience a mental health issue in our current job, it’s easy to see why the public, employers and mental health campaigners are now calling for mental health first aid to be given equal legislative status in the workplace.
When criminals go phishing, don’t get hooked!

22.11.18

That strange email that lands in our inbox promising riches or the latest bit of gossip may be easy to spot. But what about the one from your bank or Internet Service Provider? It looks the same as you would expect... but is it?
Transgender recognition and the law

22.11.18

The government consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 recently finished. Kevin Mantle from the Government Equalities Office explains that while there was considerable media coverage about the review, there was also a lot of misinformation about the Act and what the government intends.
Legal needs of small businesses

26.10.18

In February 2018 the Legal Services Board published its latest major survey of the legal needs of small businesses. It was based on 10,579 responses from owners and managers of small businesses. The LSB has since provided further analysis of the results which link to CILEx Regulation's work on transparency of information for consumers.
YouTube! A giveaway of information

26.10.18

Justice Week is a new initiative set up by CILEx, the Law Society and the Bar Council and runs between 29 October and 2 November 2018. It aims to boost the profile of justice and the rule of law. One of CILEx Regulation's regulated immigration practitioners explains how swapping their company website for a YouTube channel has improved access to justice for vulnerable clients.
Has much changed since GDPR-Day?

26.10.18

In this article, DataGRC’s lead data privacy and security consultant, Keith Dewey, discusses some of the ongoing hot topics surrounding the General Data Protection Regulation.

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