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It’s at the forefront of any good employers’ mind - what are the most common causes of accidents at work, and how can they be avoided? Employee safety is perhaps one of the most important things that organisations should be focusing on, as at the end of the day, it is people who often drive…

Vatix and its lone worker protection services have now been added to the G-Cloud 12 framework, allowing government and public sector bodies to access the company’s Protector™ platform, app and lone worker devices through the system. Vatix’s inclusion in the G-Cloud 12 framework supports the company’s ambitions to become the leading provider of lone worker…

Winter is coming or, rather, it’s looming in the distance and full of unknowns. With changing regulations regarding advice on returning to work and the new dangers that employers must navigate when it comes to health and safety, it’s easy to view winter as a problem waiting to arrive rather than an opportunity for growth.…

The entire team at Vatix has been hard at work all summer and we now have an exciting announcement - our new lone working app Protector Mobile is live on iOS and Android and can be downloaded from the Google Play or App Store today! Protector Mobile is just the latest way you can use…

Despite the dire economic situation that many industries are going through in the age of Coronavirus, there are some roles that are actually more in demand than ever before - many of them lone working jobs. The latest figures from CV-Library reveal that the top 5 most in-demand positions between June-August 2020 were: Warehouse Operative…

If you’re reading this, you likely want to learn more about your duty of care and how you could be protecting your at-risk and lone workers. Perhaps you already have a lone worker policy in place but want to check you’re not missing anything vital in your plans? Maybe you don’t have any idea how…

There has always been a lot of talk in the health and safety community about keeping lone workers physically safe from harm, and this is undoubtedly important, but not as much attention has historically been paid to the mental health of employees who spend the vast majority of their days working alone away from team…

Your business’s lone worker solutions should be at the centre of your workplace health and safety policy, with those working alone often at more risk of on-the-job accidents than any other part of the workforce.  Here we will discuss how to assemble a comprehensive lone worker policy with risk assessments, checklists and training, as well…