21 Jun, 2022 | Health & Wellbeing, General
In a poll for Personal Safety Day 2021, 62% of respondents said they have experienced, violence, abuse, or aggression during their commute. Additionally, a survey by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust found that…
16 Jun, 2022 | Advice, Health & Wellbeing, General
Our landmark study into the perceptions of personal safety at work found that 6.8 million workers worry about their personal safety each week, while the majority of employers underestimate this…
11 Apr, 2022 | Health & Wellbeing, Legislation & Responsibilities, General
Under common law, all employers have a duty of care towards their workers, no matter how many employees they have or the environment they work in. By definition, ‘duty of…
21 Jun, 2021 | General
For Managers How can I make sure my staff know how to use their devices properly? Every single user receives a training session before they start using their device, as…
27 May, 2021 | Lone Working, General
New working practices necessitated by COVID-19 have led to an unprecedented rise in the number of employees now working remotely or alone. And with more firms announcing plans to roll…
23 Dec, 2020 | Advice, General
Leading charity Woman’s Aid defines domestic abuse as an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases…
17 Nov, 2020 | Legislation & Responsibilities, General
Across the UK, there are around 166,000 registered charities employing 870,000 people. In order to remain operational and deliver essential services, charities are reliant on volunteers to supplement their paid…
1 Jun, 2020 | Advice, General
It’s estimated that around 6.5 million people in the UK are carers which is roughly 1 in 8 adults. Social care workers enable people – particularly those who require some extra practical…
13 Nov, 2019 | General
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – Britain’s regulator for workplace health and safety – has published its annual injury and ill-health statistics report. While Britain remains one of the…
22 May, 2019 | General
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), last year there were an estimated 694,000 incidents of violence at work, of those, 330,000 were recorded as assaults. Some employees in…
