Personal Relationships in Workplace

Under what grounds can you defend in the court a company’s policy disallowing “dating” relationships in the workplace or risk termination.

At our company, we don’t disallow dating relationships, and there is no mention of “Conflicts of interest” in our handbook. We even have a couples work in the same department that are married. However, employees are not allowed to supervise individuals in which they have a conflicting relationship. When these relationships develop and the one individual is promoted to a supervisory position, our policy is to transfer one of those involved to a different department or shift.

Another company also has a conflict of interest stipulation in their employee handbook. An employee at this company recently abused it by getting involved with a phone rep. It turned out to be a disaster. He doesn’t suggest anyone get involved in these situations. You tell yourself that you won’t let your relationship compromise how effectively you do your job or influence your decisions, but in the end, the perception and the opportunity is present.

Bottom line use common sense when it comes to personal relationships in the workplace.

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