Article by Auguste Faerch, Safeture
Follow these five tips from our partner, Safeture to fulfil your duty of care and become more efficient in your employee risk management.
Duty of care is the ethical and legal obligation of an organisation to take reasonable steps to protect the health, safety, and well-being of its employees, customers, and other stakeholders. In the context of travel risk management, duty of care involves identifying potential risks and hazards associated with travel and taking steps to mitigate or eliminate those risks.
Travel risk management is an essential part of any organisation’s overall risk management strategy. It involves identifying potential risks associated with travel and implementing measures to minimise or eliminate those risks. This includes identifying potential health and safety hazards, such as infectious diseases, natural disasters, and political instability, and taking steps to protect employees and other stakeholders from those hazards.
Here are five high level tips for organisations to effectively manage travel risk and fulfill their duty of care:
- Develop a comprehensive travel risk management plan
Organisations should develop a comprehensive travel risk management plan that includes identifying potential risks, implementing measures to mitigate those risks, and regularly reviewing and updating the plan. - Communicate with employees
Organisations should communicate with employees about potential travel risks and provide them with information and resources to help them stay safe. This can include providing employees with travel advisories, emergency contact information, and access to medical support services. - Provide training
Organisations should provide employees with training on how to identify potential risks and hazards associated with travel and how to respond to emergency situations. This can include training on how to avoid potential health hazards, such as infectious diseases, and how to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies. - Monitor employee health and safety
Organisations should monitor the health and safety of employees while they are travelling, including providing access to medical support services and conducting regular check-ins to ensure that employees are safe. - Review and update policies
Organisations should regularly review and update their travel risk management policies and procedures to ensure that they are effective and align with the latest best practices. This can include incorporating new technologies and tools to help manage travel risks and continuously improving processes and procedures.
In conclusion, duty of care is an essential part of an organisation’s overall risk management strategy, and effective travel risk management is crucial for protecting the health, safety, and well-being of employees and other stakeholders like lone-workers.
Use the 5 above tips as a guide for your duty of care work to succeed in protecting your employees and complying with relevant legislation.
If you are interested in finding out more about Securewest’s travel risk management service we are currently offering a free demo and 30 day free trial for the SPHERE platform and app. For more information contact info@securewest.com or read more about our Travel Risk services here.