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Colm O'Keeffe
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We have a member of staff intending to travel to Johannesburg on business. Our company policy is to conduct a risk assement on each travel destination.
Our head of security has suggested that we provide the traveller with personal security advice for the trip and also provide a close protection chauffeur service for the duration of the trip.
The traveller is from South Africa and does not feel he needs security as he knows the area.
As an employer can we insist on an employee using any security services we suggest?
If the employee signs a disclaimer to say he is happy to travel without a personal chauffer have we discharged our duty of care responsibilities?
The traveller is combining the trip with a few days holiday. Does the duty of care responsibility apply for the days the employee is on holiday?
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James Fairchild
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If this person is under your control, then surely you can insist upon whatever you want (including returning home immediately with no vacation time).
As this guy is from there, it would seem sensible to save yourself a lot of money and go along with him. You can for example issue him a written instruction to go from the office to hotel to airport only by taxi and not to go anywhere else, that way if something does happen whilst he is socialising you can be said to have covered yourself.
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