hot spots

Safety and security for business travellers: a legal and moral imperative for Canadian employers, part 2

January 18, 2012 David Hyde Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources

In some cases, business leaders fail to recognize that employee travel falls within the physical scope of workplace activities. In other cases, decision-makers believe that only those travelling to international high-risk destinations require any type of security protection. In most organizations, there is also a gap in knowledge when it comes to travel security, contributing to a lack of risk awareness and fragmented ownership of the function within the organization.

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