Each week, FP Weekly members receive a practical and cutting-edge checklist of issues to consider, action steps to take, and goals to accomplish to ensure you remain on the top of your game when it comes to workplace relations and employment law compliance. This week we provide you a checklist of items to consider when creating a policy on whether – and in what ways – your employees can combine business and leisure travel. If you have employees who work remotely or travel for business, they’ve likely considered taking their laptop to the beach or maybe even abroad. Perhaps they’ve already done so without telling you. Thus, now is the time to weigh the pros and cons of allowing employees to combine work and play and consider creating a clear policy on what type of travel is permissible on company time.
Understanding the New Travel Trends
Anyone who has recently booked a plane ticket or hotel room knows that the demand for and cost of travel skyrocketed after many COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. Combine this with the rise in remote work and you have the perfect motivation for employees to merge their business and leisure trips – which is sometimes referred to as “bleisure” travel.
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