Lone Working in Hospitality
Providing a service while facing considerable risk
Hospitality staff working alone late into the night to provide customers with the best possible service, often encounter abusive, aggressive and, at times, even violent behaviour.
The uncomfortable truth is that any customer-facing staff is at risk of violence and assault during the course of just ‘doing their job’. Emergency calls into the Peoplesafe Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) from hotel workers doubled over the summer months of 2020 compared to 2019.
Working late into the evening, or early hours of the morning, also means that employees may need to travel to or from work during unsociable hours. This often poses an additional threat to their personal safety.
Providing an instant response
Peoplesafe recently came to the rescue of a hotel receptionist struggling to deal with rowdy and abusive hotel guests. As the situation became critical, she activated her Peoplesafe device alerting one of our 24/7 Alarm Controllers who was able to listen in and contact the police, bypassing the 999 system. Within minutes, the police had arrived on the scene to restore order.
Read more user storiesCapturing it all on camera
Equipping receptionists, security guards and front of house staff with body worn video technology acts as an effective deterrent for abusive behaviour. Use of Peoplesafe tech across other industry sectors, such as healthcare and law enforcement, has demonstrated how bodycams can significantly reduce the frequency of confrontational incidents for frontline workers.
As well as positively changing people’s behaviour, body worn cameras also provide a means to document an incident and capture valuable evidence.
Explore Body Worn CamerasThe risks for hospitality staff
Hospitality workers are commonly exposed to risks as part of their job description. They may be required to check staff in late at night; handle cash; deal with potentially aggressive or confrontational customers; confront visitors causing a scene; and potentially handle customers who have consumed alcohol.
Read our report containing original research on how safety is impacting the hospitality industry.
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