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60% of people are feeling unsafe on their commute to and from work, especially during unsociable hours.
Added to this, 58% of workers have actually experienced something that has made them feel unsafe at work or on their commute.
A landmark survey conducted by Peoplesafe has evidenced a clear link between employee safety and job satisfaction.
Negative experiences and safety concerns are being severely underestimated by employers. For example, 600,000 free 'safe walk' apps were downloaded in just 5 months during 2021. This is having a profound impact on recruitment and retention, employee wellbeing and employer brand.
Both a lack of understanding of the issues and knowledge from employers on how to act is creating a gap between what employees want and what they get.
Some workers are taking their safety into their own hands with hundreds of thousands of free personal safety apps already downloaded in the UK. While demand is high, it is not a scalable solution for businesses to provide.
Safety concerns for employees do not need to persist. There are steps that employees want to see taken that would make them feel safer and improve their views of their employers.
The huge shift in working patterns, the challenges of recruitment and retention, and the demand for increased protection has changed the way many leading businesses are thinking about employee safety.
The following few pages put forward clear benefits that investment in a personal safety app supported by an employee safety service will bring to recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing and employer brand.
