Facebook is ready to introduce the Safety Check feature in Workplace, its messaging service for businesses to help organizations locate their people in a crisis. With the help of Safety Check, when a crisis arise, organizations can easily identify the people who are affected and they can sends notifications and also monitor employee responses. Safety Check for Facebook Workplace will be available in early 2019.
Safety Check was initially launched in 2014 by the Facebook to provide its users a simple and easy way to let friends and family know they are safe in a crisis and check on others in the affected area. Millions of people have used Safety Check since its launch. The announcement of the Safety Check tool for Workplace was made during the inaugural leadership summit from Workplace by Facebook held at Menlo Park, California. Facebook also announced a number of new features designed to make work better, smarter, and faster for people on Workplace. Facebook also rolled out a feature for people who are in multi-company groups to work together using Workplace Chat.