Safety Under Threat | tackling violence against retail staff
Is your business prepared to tackle the rise in workplace violence?
The retail sector is facing a troubling increase in violent and abusive incidents against workers, especially those working alone. According to the Retail Trust Survey (October 2024), nearly half (47%) of the 1,240 retail workers surveyed feared for their safety at work, and 39% had considered leaving their jobs due to the rise in such incidents. Employers must act now to ensure their teams feel safe at work.
Join us to understand the issues surrounding workplace violence, the consequences, and steps you can take to control this growing risk.
27 February 2025, 1.00 pm - 2.00 pm
What's on the agenda?
In this free one-hour webinar, WorkNest’s Principal Health & Safety Consultant, Robert Young, will help retailers understand their legal obligations and the steps they can take to protect their workforce.
- Overview: Explore the types of abuse retail workers face, current trends, and the prevalence of these behaviours.
- Your duties: Understand the requirements of relevant legislation and the moral, legal and financial implications of non-compliance.
- Assessing the risks: Learn how to effectively identify and evaluate the specific risks present within your workplace.
- Controlling the risks: Discover practical control measures that can be implemented to reduce the likelihood and impact of violence.
- Lone working: Understand the unique hazards faced by lone workers and the additional controls required to protect them.
Did you know that acts of violence are now the fourth most common cause of non-fatal injury at work, having overtaken falls from height in the latest HSE statistics?
Failing to address this risk can lead to high employee turnover, low morale, legal liabilities, reputational damage, and increased incidents against staff. A proactive approach is therefore crucial to ensuring a safe and resilient workplace.
Have a question for our host?
If you have a specific query in mind, please submit it in advance via the registration form – we’ll aim to address as many as possible at the end of the session.
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Webinar review
“Having attended a few WorkNest webinars, I am always impressed with the no-nonsense, well-balanced guidance they provide. Their advice gives me confidence to deal with situations that may arise in an appropriate way and the fact that they follow up with answers to all the questions posed during the webinar is an added bonus.”
Mary Greig, Scaled Solutions
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