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Definitive guides on the Worker Protection Act 2023, Employment Rights Act 2025, and the financial reality of lone worker compliance for UK estate agents and property professionals.
Legal Compliance
Closing Up Alone: Hospitality Lone Working and Third-Party Harassment
Since 30 October 2026, hospitality employers face tougher third-party harassment duties. How to protect staff closing pubs, bars and restaurants alone.
Retail Lone Worker Safety: The New Shopworker Assault Law Explained
Retail lone worker safety is changing. What the new shopworker assault offence and the 30 October harassment duty mean for single-staffed shifts.
Event Security Teams: Protecting Officers Who Are Out of Sight
Event security teams work together but rarely side by side. How to protect dispersed officers at events and broadcasts, and summon help silently.
Security Guard Lone Worker Safety: What the SIA's Violence Data Shows
Security guard lone worker safety under scrutiny: the SIA says 43% of licence holders face rising violence. What patrol and keyholding employers must do now.
Since 30 October: 'All Reasonable Steps' for Estate Agents
Since 30 October 2026, estate agents are liable for third-party harassment of staff unless they took all reasonable steps. Here's what Acas says that means.
Awaab's Law and Lone Worker Safety in Social Housing
Awaab's Law's new 24-hour and 10-day deadlines mean more urgent solo home visits. Here's what that means for housing team lone worker safety.
Mandatory Licensing Is Coming for Agents: What It Covers (and Doesn't)
New property agent licensing is planned, covering conduct and qualifications. Here's why it doesn't replace your staff safety compliance obligations.
Worker Protection Act 2023: What It Means for Tenant Harassment
Since 30 October 2026, housing employers must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment and face separate third-party harassment liability.
Can You Be Personally Sued? Director Liability Under the Equality Act
UK directors can be personally liable for their own harassment or discrimination, and for some company safety offences. What estate agency owners need to know.
NHS Staff Survey 2025: Why Community Nurses Want Safety Standards
The 2025 NHS Staff Survey shows violence against staff at a three-year high. Here's what it means for community nursing and the RCN's push for standards.
NHS Restructuring and Lone Worker Safety: Who Owns the Policy Now?
NHS England's abolition is under way. Here's what community health providers need to check to keep lone worker duty of care compliant through the transition.
HSE Lone Worker Categories: Cleaners, Security and Engineers
HSE's lone worker guidance covers cleaners, security staff and engineers alike. Here's what UK facilities management employers must do for each role.
WhatsApp Check-Ins Are Not a Lone Worker Safety System
WhatsApp check-ins leave gaps in lone worker safety. With stronger harassment duties now in force, those gaps could cost your agency at a tribunal.
UK Lone Worker Protection App: Complete 2026 Compliance Guide
Choosing a UK lone worker protection app? What the law requires, which features support compliance, and why The Sentry costs just £39.50 per user per year.
The Employment Rights Act 2025: What It Means for Your Agency
ERA 2025 whistleblowing protections and October 2026 harassment changes are now in force. What estate agents must do to evidence all reasonable steps.
The Worker Protection Act 2023: What It Means for Estate Agents
WPA 2023's sexual harassment prevention duty now requires all reasonable steps. What UK estate agents must do, and how the 25% tribunal uplift applies.
Tribunals & Financial Risk
Does Your Agency's Insurance Cover a Harassment Tribunal Claim?
Employer's Liability, D&O and EPL insurance can leave gaps for estate agencies facing harassment claims. Check your policy before assuming you have cover.
Vacancies Are Falling. Is Home Care Actually Getting Safer?
Skills for Care's latest report shows recruitment recovering. It doesn't tell you whether home visits are getting safer, because nobody measures that.
What Does an Employment Tribunal Claim for Harassment Actually Cost?
Discrimination awards are uncapped; the 2023/24 average sex discrimination award was £53,403. See how an uplift and legal fees can add to the cost.
What UNISON's 2025 Survey Reveals About Housing Staff Safety
UNISON's 2025 survey found 72% of housing workers experienced violence at work in the past year. Here's what that means for your duty of care.
Property Sector Safety
Clocks Went Back 25 October: Evening Viewings Safety for Agents
The clocks went back on 25 October; third-party harassment liability has applied since 30 October. Review evening viewing safety in your agency now.
Flat Door Fire Checks: The Block Manager Lone Working Risk
Annual flat entrance door checks send block managers into residents' homes alone. What Regulation 10 requires and how to manage the lone working risk.
Lone Working for Residential Surveyors: Lofts, Vacant Homes and Dogs
Lone working for residential surveyors means lofts, empty homes and unfamiliar occupants. What RICS and HSE expect, and how firms can protect surveyors.
Should You Ask for ID Before a Viewing?
Can estate agents ask for ID before a viewing? Here's what the Guild's guidance says, what ID checks can't do, and what safety layers should follow it.
Section 21 Is Gone: Letting Agent Lone Working Safety After May 2026
Section 21 ended on 1 May 2026. Letting agent lone working safety now means evidence-led, contested visits. What agencies must change, and why.
ASB Visits and Eviction Notices: Housing's Highest-Risk Task
72% of housing workers face violence at work. Here's why ASB visits and eviction notices carry the sector's sharpest lone worker risk, and what to do about it.
The Sentry Shortlisted at the Digital Education Awards 2025
The Sentry shortlisted at Digital Education Awards 2025 — recognised for mobile safeguarding and private reporting in out-of-school settings.
The Sentry: From Personal Alarm to Property Safety Platform
How The Sentry evolved from a 2021 UK personal safety device into the dedicated lone worker safety platform for UK estate and letting agents.
Staff Wellbeing & Retention
Technology & Implementation
A Lone Working Policy Template for Housing Officers
A generic lone working policy rarely holds up to scrutiny. Here's what a housing-specific policy needs, and how to make it an RSH evidence source too.
Electronic Call Monitoring vs Lone Worker Safety Apps
ECM proves a visit happened. It doesn't protect the person who made it. Here's the difference every domiciliary care provider needs to understand.
Lone Working Policy for Community Health Teams: A Practical Guide
A practical breakdown of what a compliant lone working policy needs for community health and district nursing teams under the 'all reasonable steps' standard.
Panic Alarm Apps: What UK Lone Workers Actually Need
UK panic alarm apps in 2026: what a genuine alarm and response process looks like, where most apps fall short, and what to check before you sign up.
The Sentry Expands Its Lone Worker Safety App to New Sectors
The Sentry's lone worker safety app expands into new UK sectors, adds a check-in timer, and launches in the US and Canada this autumn.
Lone Worker Safety Apps: A Buyers Guide for UK Estate Agents
How to choose the right lone worker safety app for UK estate agents. Compare costs, compliance features, and avoid expensive multi-year lock-in contracts.
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