Christine Thomas

A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure which helps integrate accepted safety and health principles and practices into a particular task or job operation. In a JSA, each basic step of the job is to identify potential hazards and to...

An interesting article was posted several weeks ago about the development of technological advances to address the next generation of risk and regulatory compliance challenges. While others are busy developing solutions to meet these ...

For failing to report approximately 3.5M transactions, plus an additional 121, 387 transactions from 2007-2014, a high-level investment management group was fined by the Financial Conduct Authority upwards of $20M in 2015. The group ...

Settlement cases amounting to over $500,000 for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act should serve as a reminder that anti-money laundering woes plague banks of all sizes. Hefty penalties for sanctions violations linked to illegal transa...

As people transform their lives, organizations are transforming the way they do business largely in answer to the ever-changing regulatory landscape. Rapidly changing business trends and increasing regulatory demands are calling fo...

In the fall of 2013, regulations governing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) were amended to include a requirement to conduct a vapor screen. This significant regulatory development should have prompted real estate owners t...

Is your compliance team able to stay up-to-date and compliant with regulatory change? As a compliance or risk officer, do you have the capabilities to effectively manage the risks associated with regulatory change? If you hesitated...

With next year's planning cycle looming ahead, risk and strategy are big buzz words this time of year, and for good reason. Today's business environment demands agility from organizations to be successful. It's agility that allows ...

This is a five-part series blog on the Five Steps to Manage Regulatory Compliance: Regulatory Knowledge base and Taxonomy Risk and Internal Controls Business Process – Regulatory Workflow Location Assets Roles and ...

Serving in OT Safety space for over 4 years, I have heard many stories first hand – most of these coming from the Compliance/Safety managers and supervisors at various contracting companies consulting me at the dawn of the dead situ...