A French company has been found liable for the death of an employee who had a cardiac arrest while having sex with a stranger on a business trip.<\/p>\n
A Paris court ruled that his death was an industrial accident and that the family was entitled to compensation.<\/p>\n
The firm had argued the man was not carrying out professional duties when he joined a guest in her hotel room.<\/p>\n
But under French law an employer is responsible for any accident occurring during a business trip, judges said.<\/p>\n
The man, named as Xavier X, was working as an engineer for TSO, a railway services company based near Paris.<\/p>\n
He died at a hotel during a trip to central France in 2013, as a result of what the employer called “an extramarital relationship with a perfect stranger”.<\/p>\n
The company challenged a decision by the state health insurance provider to regard the death as a workplace accident.<\/p>\n
The provider defended its position by insisting that sexual activity was normal, “just like as taking a shower or a meal”.<\/p>\n
In its ruling, the Paris appeals court upheld this view.<\/p>\n
An employee on a business trip is entitled to social protection “over the whole time of his mission” and regardless of the circumstances, it said.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"