It is estimated that in the UK today there are around 6.8 million lone workers, which works out at 22% of the working population, that is over a fifth of the 31.2 million people working in the country today! Each year tens of thousands of these lone workers are abused or harmed while performing their duties and protecting them is essential.
Giving your lone workers the security they need has never been more simple and discreet, our new StaySafe app is easy to set up and works directly from your phone. In this blog we will go through five reasons to protect your lone workers:
Help prevent falling harm to violent risks
Public facing lone workers, are often exposed to vulnerable and violent attacks. This is simply down to being in a situation where there is no direct supervision. However, having lone worker security in place can help you keep track of your employees’ safety, as well as being alerted to any situation, real time, should it arise.
Monitor employees on the move
Many employers will have mobile lone workers who leave a safe place each day to complete everyday tasks and reach appointments. While travelling during working hours your employees are still your responsibility and with a lone worker monitoring solution you can ensure that they have arrived and departed safely from each job.
Give employees a way to deal with abuse
When working as a lone worker, some find themselves to be in a position of power over their customers or peers. These individuals tend to possess a particular set of skills required to complete a specific jobs, such as debt collection or serving papers. This can lead to an antagonistic set of circumstances, even resentment from some people and could be inflammatory, resulting in abuse, verbal or otherwise. This is why you need to give the staff a tool to feel safe and to raise an alarm when they need to.
Respond to accidents or emergencies
With up to date monitoring of employee locations thanks to GPS tracking via the SPS StaySafe app, you will be able to detect exactly where your employees are located – when you need to! In the event of an accident or an emergency occurring where they need assistance, you will be able to locate them immediately.
Avoid negative effects on the company
If you fail to protect employees you could stand to face a significant fine, usually a five or six figure sum. Acts such as the Health and Safety Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 are in place to make sure employers protect their staff. In the long term, failing to protect lone workers could result in a negative public image and reduce the trust customers place in business.
Protecting your lone workers has never been more easy to setup, if you would like to discuss how SPS can get you started with our new SPS StaySafe app then please get in touch today on 08457 62 65 42. For more news and updates from SPS follow us on Linked In, Twitter, and Facebook as well as right here on our blog.