Safety is the top priority for employees in the American workplace, and one of the issues they worry about most is cyber threats. With COVID-19 still fresh on everyone’s mind, only public health emergencies rated higher than cyberattacks in a newly published report.
According to the State of Employee Safety report by AlertMedia, a provider of emergency communication software, the top three threats weighing on U.S. workers are public health emergencies (79%), cyberattacks (65%) and severe weather (65%). Crime, which has been on the rise in the past two years, rated fourth, at 62%.
Employers should take note of the concern about cyberattacks, as well as the other threats that workers cited. Workers expect their employers to keep them safe: 90% of the 2,000-plus respondents to AlertMedia’s survey said they believe employers have a moral and legal obligation to protect them from harm when working or traveling for work.
“This data shows that the future of work may ultimately depend on the safety of employees. It is up to businesses to ensure that their employees are protected,” the report posited. AlertMedia says it conducted the research to gain an understanding of how safe employees feel at work in light of the shifts that have occurred in the workplace over the last two years.
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The report comes on the heels of a message from President Joe Biden regarding a potential increase in cyber ..
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