Flow Learning Compliance Update

We’re always reviewing our content to offer tips on industry best-practice and that it’s aligned with changes in legislation. So, we’ve identified some amends to our core content and we're premiering a new look and feel that is made to adhere to WCAG 2.1 AA standards in preparation for the EU Accessibility Act 2025.

Here’s a list of resources and the regional versions that will be updated:

Workplace Sexual Harassment: UK, EU, US and ROI
Fire Safety Awareness: UK, EU, US and ROI

How will it work?

We will be switching the courses in our core content library to the new versions on July 11th. This will be done globally so you won’t need to do anything in Mapal One.

Once we’ve done this, all new learners will automatically see the new updated version. Any learners marked as ”in progress” before the switch date will continue to see the older version of the course, unless their progress is reset.

Will this influence my compliance status?

No, both the current versions and the newly amended versions are in line with all current legislation. Our amends are more in line with best practice advice, and you can see them in the list below. If you’d like more information, please contact your Customer Care representative.

What if I have a scorm only or custom branded package?

If you have a scorm only or custom branded package that includes one of the listed core resources, your Customer Care representative will contact you directly when your versions have been updated.

We’ll perform these updates automatically, but please inform your Customer Care representative if you don’t want them applied to your versions. Bear in mind that if you choose not to apply the updates the relevant endorsements may be affected.

Here’s a summary of the content amends:

Overall content updates in line with Expert guidance

Resources:

Workplace Sexual Harassment - UK, EU, US and ROI

Rationale:

In the process of creating our ‘Preventing Workplace Sexual Harassment’ resource, we had an expert review and advise amends to this resource to bring it more in line with gender neutrality, inclusivity and trauma-informed care.
- Examples include: balancing out the scenarios to include a diverse range of situations and gender combinations; removing outdated references to cultural campaigns; and, updating guidance on terminology in line with current best practice.
In response to customer feedback, we have also made updates to a few areas that needed the same gender neutrality and inclusivity updates.

Additional guidance on Water Mist extinguishers

Resources:

Fire Safety Awareness - UK, EU, US and ROI

Rationale:

In response to customer feedback, we have added additional guidance on the use of Water Mist extinguishers.

Overall content updates in line with Expert guidance

Resources:

Fire Safety Awareness - UK, EU, US and ROI

Rationale:

In the process of creating our ‘Fire Marshal’ resource, we had an expert review and advise amends to this resource to bring it more in line with the best practice advice provided, for example, mentions on risks associated with lithium-ion batteries.

Here’s a summary of the accessibility amends:

Amended the look and feel to ensure colour contrast was within standards

Resources:

Fire Safety Awareness - UK, EU, US and ROI
Workplace Sexual Harassment - UK, EU, US and ROI

Rationale:

Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)

Prepared GIF items to be paused

Resources:

Workplace Sexual Harassment - UK, EU, US and ROI
Fire Safety Awareness - UK, EU, US and ROI

Rationale:

Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A)

Updated alt and aria labelling throughout

Resources:

Workplace Sexual Harassment - UK, EU, US and ROI
Fire Safety Awareness - UK, EU, US and ROI

Rationale:

Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)

Ensured all video transcripts were included in the transcript function, for ease of use of screenreaders and the language support tool

Resources:

Workplace Sexual Harassment - UK, EU, US and ROI
Fire Safety Awareness - UK, EU, US and ROI

Rationale:

Based on standard: WCAG 2.1, 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)