Lone worker safety

Safety for hospitality workers.

Hospitality combines alcohol, late hours and cash. Staff are expected to manage other people's intoxication politely, and then to lock up alone once everyone has gone.

The risk

What hospitality workers are actually up against

Intoxicated and aggressive patrons, late-night closing alone, and cash handling at the end of a shift when the street outside is quiet.

  • Refusing service to an intoxicated patron who does not accept it
  • Locking up alone after close, with cash on the premises
  • A cellar, storeroom or kitchen where a staff member is alone and unheard

After-hours work produced 22% of FY26 activations but 34% of confirmed emergencies, and hospitality runs almost entirely in that window. See the data ›

Questions

Common questions

What should a pub use for staff safety at closing?
A carried duress button plus a close-up check-in that escalates if nobody clears it. The check-in is the part usually missing: an incident during lock-up is exactly the one nobody witnesses, because by definition everyone else has left.
Do casual staff need to be covered too?
Yes. The duty follows the work, not the employment type, and casuals are disproportionately the ones on late and closing shifts. They also tend to be newest, which is its own risk factor.

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