Scatterling’s panic button, also known as an Employee Safety Device (ESD), is a wearable Bluetooth device that is compatible with the Scatterling lone worker monitoring app. This device’s most notable advantage is the user’s ability to signal an emergency discreetly and instantaneously. Although these devices are beneficial across a broad spectrum of industries, they are still optional in many regions. However, laws are rapidly spreading throughout the United States that requires employers to provide these panic buttons to their staff. This article will cover the USA hotel industry specifically.
New Jersey Becomes the First US State to Require Panic Buttons for Hotel Workers
On Tuesday, June 11, 2019– New Jersey became the first state in the U.S to passed a law requiring hotels to provide ‘panic buttons’ that employees can activate in case of an emergency. According to the Senate, No 2986 by the State of New Jersey states that “A hotel employer shall provide a panic button to each hotel employee assigned to work in a guest room without any other employees present, at no cost to the employee. An employee