All loved up!
by Sarah
What better topic for debate today than office romances. Here at the office there were no Valentine cards arriving and no mysterious bunch of flowers. Thankfully here we don’t mix business with pleasure.
Some employers actively discourage relationships at work and other seem by conduct to encourage it. One employer who will remain nameless, arranges a large number of work socials for employees (no partners allowed) and even an annual ball where the staff get all dressed up but again no partners allowed. Whilst there may be tax reasons for this decision it far from discourages work place romances fuelled by large amounts of alcohol.
We recommend that employers have some form of policy on office romances to avoid any misunderstandings. When things are all loved up it is fine but when it all goes wrong that is when the likes of us lawyers have to step in. Over the years we have seen a number of cases of unwanted advances at work and even cases where people have lost their job when the relationship sours. It all gets messy with allegations of sex discrimination, unfair dismissal and even sexual harassment.
So tonight however you are celebrating - you have been warned!
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