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We are reviewing our Lone Working Policy and the question: Ia an employee returning from a course or meeting after hours and retuning home considered a lone worker? if no where does our duty of care end?
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Tony
No, is the simple answer assuming they are adults.
There are many workers who could be regarded as lone workers but for various (practical) reasons they are not - for example, train drivers. Your Duty of Care as an employer ends when employee leave the factory/office gates save for the odd exception.
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Tony, I agree with Ray that given your scenarois, they are not classed as lone workers unless there is something about the type of meeting or venue that would give you cause for concern. Tonight for example I will be leaving my place of employment around midnight, would I be classed as a lone worker - no.
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I wouldn't class them as lone workers but that's not to say you couldn't/shouldn't put some form of policy in place - I know one of my previous employers would insist that staff that were travelling alone, made
sure their line manager knew when they had arrived safely/back from an 'exceptional' work related trip. I don't think it would work so well for day-to-day activities where late arrivals etc were the norm but it seemed to work well for one-off trips (eg setting up an exhibition a couple of time per year) - gave peace of mind to the company and individuals involved whilst showing a duty of care too.
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Originally Posted by: grim72  I wouldn't class them as lone workers but that's not to say you couldn't/shouldn't put some form of policy in place - I know one of my previous employers would insist that staff that were travelling alone, made
sure their line manager knew when they had arrived safely/back from an 'exceptional' work related trip. I don't think it would work so well for day-to-day activities where late arrivals etc were the norm but it seemed to work well for one-off trips (eg setting up an exhibition a couple of time per year) - gave peace of mind to the company and individuals involved whilst showing a duty of care too.
I think this is above and beyond the DoC referred to in the original post. Not saying it is wrong and fair play to the employer, but this is not the norm.
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