Expenses | Employee 'pulls sickie' due to costly work training

In any role, a certain amount of travel may be required. Whether that’s to external client meetings or industry exhibitions and shows, employees often have to travel locally or internationally to support their organisation.  

With travel usually a requirement, employers should be repaying their staff in expenses to cover the costs of train tickets, petrol, accommodation and food, but should employers be footing the bill beforehand rather than leaving their employees to pay for it themselves and claim expenses back at a later date?

Recently, Lynn Smith, Chief People and Operations Officer at Wealth Wizards, shared on LinkedIn a conversation that she overheard between a young female employee and her partner where she revealed her concerns about covering work expenses to attend a training course.