Travel Outfits Offer Solutions to Companies for Pandemic Worker Burnout

Many employees have been left frazzled after two years of challenging conditions, often involving isolation and stress as they juggle personal and professional lives working from home due to coronavirus lockdowns, despite the positive spin that’s put on a more remote future.

But there could be some respite as accommodation providers pitch vacations to companies that help staff recuperate after suffering burnout, or as a means to recharge if signs of exhaustion start showing. But will companies accept liability if they’ve pushed staff too hard and offer so-called burnout breaks as an employee benefit?

One New Jersey-based entrepreneur thinks they will, and is launching a network of properties in the south of France this summer, tapping into the healing powers of nature, and of course fine food and wine.

Franco-American Serge Lescouarnec is well-qualified for the venture — running a home concierge business for 10 years for busy executives, he's bee