Thanks to social distancing laws and practices many more of us are now lone working, leaving our personal safety vulnerable.
Lone working is working without the direct supervision of a superior or manager. A lone worker doesn’t have to be solitary to be considered a lone worker.
(more…)Employers are legally obliged to carry out a risk assessment if they employ lone workers. But we know that some of the technical terms and jargon can be a little off-putting. So, we have put together this handy guide on how to do a lone worker risk assessment.
(more…)It is a brand-new decade and you may be thinking of expanding your business or making work more flexible for your employees. One way of doing this is by lone working and we can tell you all you need to know about a lone worker solution for the new year.
(more…)Lone working at Christmas can be a particularly busy and stressful experience and Mad Friday is the busiest day of them all. Let’s look at the best ways of staying safe with a lone worker device on Mad Friday.
(more…)Every month here at First2HelpYou, we bring you the highlights of the months’ safety and security news. So, without any further ado here is November’s monthly safety and security roundup.
(more…)When working with children their welfare and safeguarding are paramount. So, in this blog, we will look at how children are safeguarded and also protecting staff who lone work with children.
(more…)According to The British Crime Survey, up to 150 lone workers are attacked every single day. With that in mind, this week will look at the best ways of dispersing a threatening situation.
(more…)Welcome to August’s edition of the Health and Safety news roundup.
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(more…)Keeping a lone worker safe is part of your legal obligations towards your staff. To keep your lone workers safe, you should have strong lone worker policies, a robust risk assessment, regular lone worker training and make sure your staff are all included in the team. A lone worker solution would help, too.
Lone working is not illegal, but your legal obligations as an employer do mean you have to consider the risk of lone working itself.
It’s not that you have to specifically cater for your lone worker because they are lone working, but rather that lone working presents specific hazards that should be addressed and mitigated.
So, if you are wondering how to keep a lone worker safe, read on.
(more…)Betting shops often have just one member of staff working in them and the former BBC chairman Lord Grade is leading a committee that is looking to introduce a new legal duty of care.
So, in this weeks blog post we are going to look at how betting shop changes could help protect gamblers and lone workers.
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