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Flexibility is Key for Business Travel, say Employee Travel Security Experts

July 14, 2020 by Faith Kohler

A Human Resources executive recently posed a question about navigating employee travel with lingering concerns about the spread of COVID-19. State by state, country by country, business travel is beginning to resume, although in most places it is limited to travel considered essential. This HR executive was concerned about ways the company could support employees while thinking forward about what kinds of risk and liability could come from required travel. COVID-19 has opened a Pandora’s Box of risks for employee travel security that a great many organizations have not, in the past, explored in-depth.

When is the right time to put employees back on the road or air?

Flexibility is Key for Business Travel, say Employee Travel Security ExpertsThere are no easy answers as travel resumes, but there are a few things companies should keep in mind. Aside from a general travel safety plan that can accommodate a wide range of employee needs, one of the key elements to successful navigation of this issue is already proving to be flexibility. For example, if remote work is not possible and employees must travel for their jobs, are there options available that might help them feel safer, and are they empowered to make those choices? For example, if they need to engage in domestic travel, are they able to choose whether to fly or drive? This recent article offers some valuable information that can help them make more informed decisions: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/05/30/865340134/coronavirus-faqs-is-it-safer-to-fly-or-drive-is-air-conditioning-a-threat

Is your company able to make reasonable accommodations for employees who may have specific concerns about travel? Mandatory travel for jobs before the pandemic may need to adapt in order to address potential health and safety concerns. An immunocompromised employee, as an example, may not be able to resume business travel alongside other employees who do not share similar health concerns. Or, if they do, what reasonable accommodations may need to be provided? Some companies have strict travel parameters that must be adhered to when travel is booked: lowest fares, lowest cost rental vehicles, preferred hotels, even mandated use of ride share services to save on travel costs. Are policies and parameters able to flex to accommodate various employee health concerns?

All business travel can be accompanied by some risk. Not all risks can be anticipated and mitigated, but when it comes to employee travel safety, preparedness matters. The most important work companies can do right now, before the world re-opens entirely, is re-evaluate their “new normals” for all traveling employees. Because situations can be fluid when business travelers are on the road, it’s important to have options for emergency evacuations, local medical support and simple, rapid communication. As a society, we don’t know what we don’t know yet when it comes to the spread of COVID-19, but what we, the experts, know from experience is that there’s no such thing as too much planning when it comes to employee travel security.

IMG GlobalSecur Employee Travel Security Services

IMG GlobalSecur has decades of experience in the security industry. Our team of safety experts stands ready to help you alleviate travel fears with our corporate travel security services including executive travel security expertise and more. In addition, our FoneTrac safety app backed with 24/7 on-call security professionals can assist you in staying safe while away from home or office. Contact us today!

Filed Under: Employee Travel Security Tagged With: Employee Check-in App, Employee Travel Safety, employee travel security

When Peak Performance Gets Risky: Mixing Business & Personal Travel

February 4, 2020 by Faith Kohler

A recent Security Magazine article entitled “Business Travel is Tough on Mental Health” shared some survey results about business travel and burnout. One surprise statistic from the survey? More than twenty percent of respondents would consider switching jobs if another company offered “bleisure” travel. Yes, corporations need to consider the importance of employee travel security. Companies would do well to build a culture that encourages mental and physical well-being for their associates.

Mix business and leisure travel while still ensuring employee travel securityA growing number of employees each year is adding leisure travel to business trips in an effort to reduce stress and burnout. It’s pretty clear that happy employees are more productive ones. As the Security Magazine article points out, a significant number of the surveyed employees struggled with varying aspects of business travel. It seems like a fairly benign solution to allow employees the freedom to add some self-care and entertainment into their business travel if it helps keep them happier…right?

According to Relocation Magazine, “bleisure” travel makes a great recruitment tool. It’s a benefit that can help companies attract and retain talent. Along with that, though, comes a duty of care, as in who owns the liability? What happens if your employee heads off to foreign lands, for example, and takes off some (permissible-bleisure) time for a tour? If the employee chooses a mountaintop hike and gets injured, is your company liable for the injury? Let’s say your employee prefers a tour that includes stops at a half-dozen wineries. If your employee gets drunk and harms someone else, could your company be held responsible?

Supporting the safety of your business travelers matters when it comes to duty of care. Business travel can be risky enough, but when you throw leisure travel into the mix? Any company that offers “bleisure” as a perk should be prepared for just about any emergency. That means clearly defined travel policies that address expectations surrounding the inclusion of leisure activities. It’s also a good idea to understand potential financial liability for injuries or accidents related to those activities. By far the most important element of “bleisure” preparedness should be employee travel security and safety. A robust travel security program and supportive technology can help employees have safer, more enjoyable travels while mixing pleasure into their business. It’s already considered a perk, so why not add safer “bleisure” travels as a greater benefit to your employees?

IMG GlobalSecur Employee Travel Security Services

IMG GlobalSecur has decades of experience in the security industry. Our team of safety experts stands ready to help you alleviate travel fears with our corporate travel security services including executive travel security expertise and employee medical assistance. In addition, our FoneTrac safety app backed with 24/7 on-call security professionals can assist you in staying safe while away from home or office. Contact us today!

Filed Under: Employee Travel Security Tagged With: Employee Check-in App, Employee Monitoring, Employee Security

Best Employee Check-in App for Traveling Executives Manages Risk without Micro-Managing

September 28, 2016 by Lee McDonald

As executive travel ramps up for the Fall season, many HR managers are focused on scheduling employee overseas safety. Traveling VIP’s may be expected to follow a busy itinerary with many HR check-in’s to assure the company they have arrived to the hotel safely. [Read more…] about Best Employee Check-in App for Traveling Executives Manages Risk without Micro-Managing

Filed Under: Employee Travel Security, Executive Travel Security Tagged With: Employee Check-in App, Employee Monitoring

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