Duty of care app

The StaySafe app, which is featured in the Suzy Lamplugh Trust app directory, tracks employee location via GPS and alerts their manager if they do not check-in within a specified time. Joscelyne Chase then keeps track of employees’ whereabouts using the StaySafe online hub which locates workers on a map and provides real-time updates on their location.

Prior to working with StaySafe, Joscelyne Chase operated a manual system for keeping track of its agents when they were out of the office. However, the company felt that in order to fully meet its responsibility as an employer and to adhere to lone worker legislation it needed a solution that was more robust. After a review of the market Joscelyne Chase decided to implement StaySafe Business.

Alison Bryant, financial director at Joscelyne Chase, explains: “I first came across the StaySafe app in an article in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) magazine. StaySafe came out as the number one lone worker solution and I wanted to find out more. We contacted StaySafe for a demonstration and were really impressed. The app has so many safety features and the tracking is extremely accurate. The fact that the solution works on smartphones and the Hub is cloud based is great for us as we are rarely at our desks. People remember their phones, so the app is always available to them, and as a manager I can log in to the Hub from wherever I am to check everyone is safe. Although the app is a fixed product, the communication and service we received from StaySafe was still personal to us and our business. They are our lone working partner, not just an app provider.”

Don Cameron, CEO at StaySafe, adds: “The property industry is one of the first professions many people think of when considering lone worker safety; sadly because of some of the high profile attacks that have happened to those working alone in property industry. StaySafe turns any smartphone into a personal safety device. The app gives employees a discreet and immediate way to call for help in an emergency and is a scalable and cost effective solution for businesses with any number of lone workers.”