According to Collinson Group, companies should look to take basic steps or introduce key guidance to make their travel policies more explicit with regards to bleisure days. This could include:
1. Limiting the number of days that can be extended/ taken for leisure purposes (to contain the risk to the individual and/ or the company);
2. Stipulating that employees will only be covered for travel that does not represent a significant departure from their original travel itinerary (i.e. travel must be within the same region and not to destinations that are deemed as ‘high risk’);
3. Stipulating that, certainly in higher risk destinations, employees must be prepared to adhere to required aspects of the corporate travel policy (e.g., risk assessment, tracking, call ins); and
4. If not prepared to observe terms of the corporate policy then provide proof that they have arranged their own cover.
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