Compliance E-learning: Essentials

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Compliance Essentials is our best-selling e-learning library for good reason! It covers key compliance and conduct issues facing UK companies, with over 100 essential e-learning and microlearning modules, including several CPD-accredited options.

Even experienced staff need updates, which is why our library includes refresher courses that last 20 minutes or less. Our microlearning modules deliver learning in bite-sized chunks, typically 10–15 minutes. The Essentials library also features over 20 Express learning modules. Health and Safety Courses, certified by RoSPA Qualifications, are included at no extra charge.

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Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorist Financing

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

AML & CTF

Like most countries, the UK has enacted tough anti-money laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) laws with severe penalties.

Our UK Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorist Financing Course helps your staff understand their obligations regarding prevention, due diligence and reporting suspicious activity.

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Anti-Bribery Training

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Anti-Bribery Training

Bribery is a criminal offence as well as a predicate offence that can lead to charges of money laundering. Both offences carry harsh penalties, including imprisonment and unlimited fines.

Our Anti-bribery Training Course helps your employees to understand and recognise bribery, the consequences, the red flags, and what to do if they suspect corruption. 

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Compliance Essentials Library

Duration

5-60 Minutes

Format

Online Learning

Library Size

100+ Courses

About Compliance Essentials

Our best-selling training library contains 100+ essential e-learning and microlearning compliance courses.

Combine this library with our award-winning LMS and RegTech tools to deliver a cost-effective one-stop compliance solution.

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Essentials Course List
Bribery Prevention

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jun-2024

Bribery Prevention

Bribery laws are tightening up, creating a greater need than ever for compliance procedures relating to gifts, hospitality, expenses, donations, recruitment, client acquisition and partnerships.

Our Bribery Prevention Course will help your employees to understand and recognise bribery, the relevant anti-bribery laws, as well as procedures for bribery prevention. 

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Business Ethics & Integrity

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Apr-2024

Business Ethics & Integrity

A Code of Ethics suggests standards of behaviour and best practices that can be referred to when employees are facing new or challenging situations.

Our Business Ethics & Integrity Course is designed to raise employee awareness and understanding. It includes practical examples to respond to real-world ethical dilemmas.

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code of conduct

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jun-2024

Code of Conduct

The standards of conduct expected from every employee are detailed in a company code of conduct. It provides guidance for employees when dealing with specific situations.

Our Code of Conduct Course will help your employees learn about your code of conduct, then demonstrate its application in a series of practical examples and scenarios.

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Competition Law

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Competition Law

Any concerted action, exchange of information or 'meeting of minds' may be illegal collusion, a serious crime that may lead to big fines and long prison sentences!

Our Competition Law Compliance Course will help your employees to understand anti-competitive practices, how to avoid them, and why they should speak up if they see anti-competitive behaviour.

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conflicts of interest

Duration

35 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Conflicts of Interest

Many conflicts of interest can affect your company, from gifts and hospitality to self-dealing and external work.

Our Conflicts of Interest Course will equip you with essential knowledge and practical strategies for identifying, preventing, and effectively managing conflicts of interest, fostering ethical decision-making and enhancing organisational transparency.

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Data Protection

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Data Protection

Data protection relates to how personal and sensitive data is collected, used and stored by all organisations. That includes the government, companies, service providers and anyone who manages data.

Our Data Protection Course will help your employees to understand what personal and sensitive data are, why it needs protecting and how to ensure compliance with GDPR.

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Electronic Communications

Duration

25 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Electronic Communications

Emails and instant messages can quickly make headlines, damage reputations and lead to lawsuits. That's why it is important to remind employees about company standards and regulatory requirements.

Our Electronic Communications Course will help your employees learn how to communicate professionally on digital platforms to avoid pitfalls.

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Embargoes & Sanctions

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Embargoes & Sanctions

Embargoes and sanctions prohibit transactions with an entity, trade in a commodity or the supply of goods. They may also require positive actions like freezing assets or enforcing travel bans.

Our Embargoes and Sanctions Course will help your employees to understand what sanctions are, how they impact on business operations and how to comply with them.

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Environmental Awareness

Duration

25 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Environmental Awareness

From the Extinction Rebellion protests and Greta Thunberg's school strikes to declining sea ice in the Arctic and plastic in our oceans, the environment and climate change are never far from the headlines.

This course helps staff understand the key issues, legal obligations and how to reduce your company's environmental impact.

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Environmental, Social & Governance

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Environmental, Social & Governance

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) has become a 'catch-all' in recent years, describing the extent to which firms consider ethics and stewardship to be a part of how they run their businesses.

Our Environmental, Social & Governance Course will help your employees understand how ESG affects your firm and society.

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Equality & Diversity for Managers

Duration

25 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Equality & Diversity for Managers

The Equality Act provides protection against discrimination in respect of nine key characteristics. This means that treating people differently based on stereotypes isn't just bad for business, it's illegal.

Our Equality & Diversity for Managers Course will help your leaders to understand how to prevent discrimination and harassment.

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Equality & Diversity in the Workplace

Duration

20 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jan-2024

Equality & Diversity in the Workplace

Although you may feel that you treat people equally, sometimes your actions might be perceived differently by others, and lead them to feel uncomfortable or discriminated against.

Our Equality & Diversity in the Workplace Course will help your employees to understand what steps to take to prevent discrimination and harassment.

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EU DAC Training

Duration

35 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jan-2024

EU DAC Training

The EU Directives on Administrative Cooperation in the Field of Taxation (EU DAC) cover cross-border arrangements. The directives (including DAC6 and DAC7) aim to discourage aggressive tax planning and promote disclosure and transparency.

Our EU DAC course will help your employees to identify the cross-border arrangements that are reportable under the Directive, plus what and when to disclose under EU DAC.

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Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

New

Jun-2024

FATCA & The CRS

FATCA requires financial institutions outside the USA to pass on information about individual and corporate customers who are US persons.

Our FATCA and The CRS Course will help you navigate the complexities of international tax compliance with our comprehensive course covering the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).

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Financial Crime Prevention

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Apr-2024

Financial Crime Prevention

All companies are exposed to a growing threat of financial crime, ranging from bribery and fraud, to money laundering and terrorist financing.

Our Financial Crime Prevention Course will help your employees to understand what financial crimes are, how to prevent them and what they need to do if they suspect a financial crime.

Course Details
Financial Integrity

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Financial Integrity

The integrity of financial reports is paramount for any company. Inaccurate reporting may damage a company's reputation and may lead to significant regulatory sanctions and litigation.

Our Financial Integrity Course explains what each of the three key financial reports are and how employees can contribute towards maintaining their integrity.

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Financial Sanctions

Duration

50 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Financial Sanctions

Violation of sanctions issued by the UN, the US and the EU with regards to payment restrictions and other financial transactions can result in fines as well as criminal charges.

Our Financial Sanctions Course will help your employees understand what financial sanctions are, why it is important to have this understanding, how they impact business operations and how to ensure compliance.

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Duration

35 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Sep-2024

Fraud Prevention for All Staff

Fraud is criminal or deceptive behaviour aiming to secure an unfair or unlawful gain through deliberate or dishonest misrepresentation. The consequences of fraud can be grave for companies, employees and their customers.

Our Fraud Prevention Course will help your employees understand what fraud is, the different types of fraud a company is exposed to, the triggers, red flags and what they can do to prevent it.

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Fraud Prevention for Managers

Duration

35 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Sep-2024

Fraud Prevention for Managers

The consequences of fraud are very serious for both companies and employees alike. Funds generated by fraud are proceeds of crime, and handling them exposes you to the risk of money laundering. Therefore, fraud is both a crime and a predicate offence to money laundering.

Our Fraud Prevention for Managers Course will help your leaders better understand the different types of fraud, the triggers, red flags and what they can do to prevent it.

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Harassment in the Workplace

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Harassment in the Workplace

Harassment is never far from the headlines these days, with allegations of inappropriate behaviour at companies and elsewhere. Violations could lead to disciplinary action and prosecution against the perpetrators.

Our Harassment in the Workplace Course will help your employees identify and avoid the kind of behaviour that constitutes harassment and help to build an inclusive workplace.

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Healthy Working

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jun-2024

Healthy Working

Wherever you work, there are physical and mental health risks. By taking some simple precautions, employees can reduce these risks and the consequences for themselves and your business.

Our Healthy Working Course outlines employee obligations to comply with procedures aimed at reducing risks and helping them protect their own health and well-being.

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Identity Crime

Duration

20 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Apr-2024

Identity Crime

Identity crime accounts for over 40% of fraud cases and has increased dramatically in recent years. One reason for this is the availability of large quantities of personal details online.

Our Identify Crime Online Training Course helps your employees understand what identity theft is, how it works, how to spot the tell-tale signs of identity crime and how to prevent it.

Course Details
Information Security

Duration

35 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Information Security

The loss or theft of commercially sensitive information may damage revenues, reputation and consumer trust. It may also result in fines or even criminal prosecution.

Our Information Security Course helps staff to understand information classification, data security, network security, access control to your offices and what to do to prevent information loss or theft.

Course Details
Intellectual Property Rights

Duration

45 Minutes

E-learning

Format

Updated

Apr-2024

Intellectual Property Rights

A company's intellectual property is one of it's most valuable assets. It helps maintain the value of a company's brand, drives further innovations as well as improvements and contributes to overall success.

Our Intellectual Property Rights Course explains the different intellectual property types, how they are protected and how to avoid infringing on other's rights.

Course Details
Managing Safely

Duration

55 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jun-2024

Managing Safely

Managers need a deeper understanding of issues, systems and procedures to empower them to deal with the health and safety of their teams. They may also need to conduct risk assessments and implement controls.

Our Managing Safely Course helps managers to understand the risks, systems and procedures needed to enable them to better manage health and safety in their teams.

Course Details
Mandatory Disclosure Rules

Duration

20 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jan-2024

Mandatory Disclosure Rules

The Mandatory Disclosure Rules (UK MDR) aim to help tackle offshore tax evasion and dissuade people from entering into arrangements designed to evade tax.

Our Mandatory Disclosure Rules Course provides an overview of the UK MDR, what arrangements need to be reported and the actions you need to take to meet your obligations.

Course Details
Market Abuse Regulation

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Market Abuse Regulation

Market Abuse Regulations prohibit insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information and market manipulation. If you breach these regulations, you risk heavy fines and even long prison sentences.

Our Market Abuse Regulation course will help your employees to understand the laws that safeguard financial market integrity and protect investors.

Course Details
Mental Health at Work

Duration

15 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Mental Health at Work

Stress, anxiety and depression are serious health hazards in the workplace. They account for 51% of all new and longstanding cases of work-related ill-health.

Our Mental Health at Work Course will help your employees spot the signs of stress, understand the causes of stress and what to do to combat stress personally and in their team.

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Mental Health at Work for Managers Course

Duration

20 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

Mental Health at Work for Managers

HSE statistics show there were over 820,000 cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2019-20, resulting in 17.9m working days being lost.

Our Mental Health at Work for Managers Course helps your leaders spot signs of stress, understand causes and learn how to combat stress personally and in their team.

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Modern Slavery

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Modern Slavery

Modern slavery is a serious crime with harsh penalties. Companies and their employees need to help to prevent modern slavery across their businesses and supply chains.

Our Modern Slavery course will help your employees understand what modern slavery is, identify the warning signs, key risks and what action to take to mitigate them.

Course Details
PCI Data Security Standard

Duration

60 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

May-2024

PCI Data Security Standard

PCI Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is the information security standard for organisations that process credit card payments.

Our PCI Data Security Standard Course will help your staff understand the standard, the key requirements and how to identify what's needed to ensure compliance.

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Preventing Facilitation of Tax Evasion

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Apr-2024

Preventing Facilitation of Tax Evasion

Tax laws don't just apply only to those who deal with calculating or managing taxes. They apply to everyone. The UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 made it a criminal offence to facilitate tax evasion by anyone in the UK or abroad.

Our Preventing Facilitation of Tax Evasion Course will help your employees to spot and combat this risk.

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Preventing Sexual Harassment

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Sep-2024

Preventing Sexual Harassment

Companies rightly have a zero-tolerance stance on sexual harassment and violations. These may lead not only to disciplinary action, but also the prosecution of the perpetrators.

Our Preventing Sexual Harassment Course will help your employees identify, avoid and report behaviour that constitutes sexual harassment.

Course Details
Records management

Duration

20 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Records Management

Records management involves the process of how employees create, store, archive and dispose of business records.

Our Records Management Course will help your employees to understand how records are governed by laws. This includes the obligations to retain them securely, produce them upon request and dispose of them appropriately upon expiration.

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Responsible Use of Social Media

Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Mar-2024

Responsible Use of Social Media

The way employees communicate with colleagues, customers and suppliers has changed dramatically, driven by an explosion in communications tools and social media platforms. 

Our Responsible Use of Social Media course will help your employees to understand how to exercise due care and use social media safely, responsibly and appropriately.

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Safeguarding the Vulnerable

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Apr-2024

Safeguarding the Vulnerable

Certain individuals may be unable to care for or protect themselves due to a mental illness, disability, age or other factors. We all owe a duty to safeguard such vulnerable people.

Our Safeguarding the Vulnerable Course will help your employees to understand which customers may be vulnerable and what extra steps they should take to safeguard them.

Course Details
Speak Up

Duration

25 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Speak Up

When misconduct is witnessed by others, it is essential to have a culture where staff can speak up about it. This is vital to the success of a business.

Our Speak Up course outlines the benefits of creating a speak up culture, why psychological safety matters, how to reduce the risk of harm and drive forward a lasting cultural change.

Course Details
Unconscious Bias for All Staff

Duration

25 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Unconscious Bias for All Staff

Unconscious bias is the tendency to perceive and react to people or events in a certain way when making snap decisions or assessments.

Our Unconscious Bias Training Course helps your employees understand the impact that it can have at work. It also explains the measures that your company has adopted to combat this potentially illegal behaviour.

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Duration

30 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Mar-2024

Unconscious Bias for Managers

Unconscious bias relating to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation is illegal.

Our Unconscious Bias for Managers Course helps leaders to understand the impact it has and how to eliminate it from their positions and teams.

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Whistleblowing

Duration

20 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Feb-2024

Whistleblowing

Whistleblowing in confidence or anonymously about internal malpractices and external threats is extremely important for the functioning and survival of any company.

Our Whistleblowing Course will help your employees understand when, how and to whom they can report misconduct and how they will be protected if they do so. 

Course Details
Working Safely

Duration

45 Minutes

Format

E-learning

Updated

Jun-2024

Working Safely

Employees need to know how to protect their own health, safety and welfare as well as ensuring they don't cause harm to others.

Our Working Safely Course will help your employees to understand and manage the most common hazards and risks at work. It also explains how employees can maintain their health, safety and welfare at work.

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Microlearning Courses

Duration

10-15 Minutes

Format

Microlearning

Library Size

20 Courses

Microlearning Courses

Our library of microlearning courses covers key compliance topics - from bribery, financial crime, GDPR, health and safety to modern slavery.

The library contains 20 bite-sized modules to make compliance training more interactive and help improve learning engagement and knowledge retention.

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