Pokemon Go no laughing matter for employers

Posted on August 29, 2016

Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm with over 100 million downloads to date. But Google ‘Pokemon accidents’ and you’ll quickly see that this popular augmented reality game is no laughing matter for employers. It seems plenty of people have injured themselves – and some have even died – while being completely engrossed in the game and paying little attention to their surroundings.

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