Domestic and overseas travel has become highly accessible and affordable which has presented many opportunities for national and multinational businesses as employees can travel relatively easily and cheaply between offices, sites and clients. In fact, the prevalence of business travel is quite significant and in 2016, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported 9% of overseas trips taken by Australian residents were related to business.  This is quite a substantial figure and although long distance travel clearly offers many benefits for employers, it also raises questions as to their legal obligations and how to best manage employees who are away from the office and required to travel for work. Businesses must consider three issues to ensure that their travelling employees are behaving and performing appropriately whilst also ensuring protection of the business's commercial interests and adherence to legal obligations. Manage employee behaviour and performance ...