How It Can Drive Your Business Forward
Health and wellbeing support provided by employers is a greater focus than it has ever been for both employees and potential recruits. Rolling out a personal safety app offers additional cover to more standardised health benefits.
Recruitment & Retention Safety concerns are having an impact on staff turnover with 22% of workers saying that personal safety played a part in them leaving a role.
Offering a personal safety app as part of the job package could be an untapped retention tool to keep hold of existing workers, as well as being a key differentiator when attracting new talent in a crowded and competitive market.
Wellbeing Employees expect their employer to look after their mental health as much as their physical health.
Safety is a core component of wellbeing with many employees feeling unsafe travelling to and from work during unsociable hours.
Going beyond compliance to support staff outside of work with a personal safety app will certainly improve their wellbeing.
Employer Brand Most employers will ask staff for feedback; leading employers and HR team will act upon it.
Looking at market trends, there is a clear demand for personal safety apps. Investing in a professional solution demonstrates a commitment to protecting the safety of every employee as well as living and breathing your employer care values which are an increasingly decisive factor for candidates.
The continued increase in downloads of free personal safety apps means that a number of your staff will likely be using them regularly.
While this clearly demonstrates demand for this type of solution, research published by BMC reported them as:
being unreliable,
not working as described, and/or
having features that could be exploited.
The free versions also rely on family and friends to react in an emergency situation and lack the ability to connect to the emergency services directly.
100% of alarms answered by trained professionals 24/7 to respond when you need it most
Enterprise-grade service that can be provided at scale
Get help faster than 999 with direct access to police control rooms
Immediate help direct to their exact location with GPS tracking
Audio evidence recorded from SOS Alarm that can be used in court
Securely held personal data to prevent data breaches
Now you have familiarised yourself with the key reasons to invest in an employee safety service, it should be easy to put the case forward. Here are some more questions that you should answer and include in your presentation:
1. What is your staff turnover? Could this be improved by providing a professional personal safety app?
2. Is your benefits packaged aligned with your company values and compelling to candidates?
3. Do you know how your staff feel about their personal safety and what they expect you to be offering?
4. Could you improve morale within your organisation by supplying your workforce with personal safety equipment?
5. Do you have a wellbeing strategy in place? Is there any focus being placed on personal safety?
