Business trip | Employer found liable after worker's death

For many employers, business trips are crucial. While video conferencing and phone calls serve a purpose in the workplace, face-to-face meetings are often important for closing business and for fostering personal interactions.

Yet, a French employer has been found accountable for the death of an employee who died on a business trip whilst having sex with a woman – The BBC reported.

The employee who worked for a railway construction firm near the French capital – and who has been referred to as Xavier X in the case – suffered from a cardiac arrest while having sex with a stranger during his business trip in 2013.

A court in Paris ruled that the employee was the ‘victim of a professional accident’ and the employer has been ordered to pay his family a large sum of money, The Mirror reported.