Statutory compliance
Choosing a device or app is only ever part of the picture. Employers carry ongoing legal duties for how lone-working risk is assessed, controlled and reviewed - duties a device alone cannot discharge.
A general duty to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of employees working alone. Delegates and managers should understand the controls provided for their role, the limits of their authority, how to obtain help, and when continuing an activity would move outside the agreed safe system.
As ERA 2025 provisions commence in stages, the standard expected of employers is strengthening from taking reasonable steps toward taking all reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm. Reviewing your lone-worker technology and policy now helps evidence that preparation before the standard tightens further.
Tool category
Dedicated hardware - badges, fobs, wearables or handheld units - issued specifically for personal safety, rather than relying on a personal smartphone. When reviewing a device, consider its connectivity (standard mobile coverage, a roaming SIM, or satellite for genuinely remote sites), its monitoring model, and how well it suits the environment staff actually work in.
Peoplesafe publishes information about lone worker apps, devices and monitored services.
View supplier profileSoloProtect publishes information about lone worker devices, applications and monitoring services.
View supplier profileReliance Protect publishes information about lone worker devices, applications, an ARC and management portal services.
View supplier profileSafepoint publishes information about lone worker apps, devices, wearable alarms and management portal services.
View supplier profileBlackline Safety publishes connected worker and gas detection information. UK lone worker response arrangements require verification.
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Tools built around a single, quick alert action - a hidden button, a hold-to-activate control, or an automatic trigger - designed to summon help without escalating the immediate situation. Worth reviewing: how discreetly the alert can be raised, and exactly what happens in the seconds after it is triggered.
Little Green Button publishes information about discreet desktop, mobile and wearable panic-button alerting.
View supplier profilePeoplesafe publishes information about lone worker apps, devices and monitored services.
View supplier profileSoloProtect publishes information about lone worker devices, applications and monitoring services.
View supplier profileSafepoint publishes information about lone worker apps, devices, wearable alarms and management portal services.
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Software that lets a member of staff signal concern to a colleague or manager without speaking or being seen to act. This is a narrower category than devices or general apps - it matters most at fixed, public-facing locations such as reception desks, interview rooms or service counters, where a wearable device is not always practical or discreet enough.
Tool category
Smartphone apps, dashboards and management platforms that support check-ins, monitoring, escalation and incident recording. Often layered on top of a device, or used as a standalone lone worker safety solution where issuing separate hardware is not proportionate to the risk.
Peoplesafe publishes information about lone worker apps, devices and monitored services.
View supplier profileSoloProtect publishes information about lone worker devices, applications and monitoring services.
View supplier profileReliance Protect publishes information about lone worker devices, applications, an ARC and management portal services.
View supplier profileCurrent direct product information requires verification before supplier features are published.
View supplier profileCurrent direct product information requires verification before supplier features are published.
View supplier profileSafepoint publishes information about lone worker apps, devices, wearable alarms and management portal services.
View supplier profileOK Alone publishes information about lone worker application and safety-monitoring services.
View supplier profileNovus Guard publishes information about an integrated lone worker protection, patrol management, workforce deployment and fleet tracking platform.
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A device or app only protects staff to the extent that its use is understood, trusted and integrated into everyday practice. These maintained tools help you test whether your wider arrangements - policy, procedure, staff competence and management review - actually hold up.
Test whether your written lone-working arrangements match current roles, risks, controls and management practice.
Review your policyImplementationPlan staff adoption, testing, alarm response, maintenance and management evidence after procurement.
Open the toolkitManagementMove from risk assessment to ownership, monitoring, escalation, staff preparation and review.
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