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Answers to tricky HR questions: Can we have a no-dating policy?
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Answers to tricky HR questions: Can we have a no-dating policy?
Our team of experts fields real-life everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: Is it practical to implement a no-dating policy in the workplace?
Question:
We’ve had some problems arise out of employees’ dating each other. Can’t we simply implement a no-dating policy for employees?
Answer
Most companies have given up on the idea, says business consultant Hunter Lott. Such policies smack of “babysitting,” and that’s the last thing employers want to get involved in.
Instead of instituting no-dating policies, a lot of companies are going to what are called “relationship” policies. For instance, such a policy might read: “If your relationship with other employees hampers our ability to do business - or your ability to do your job - you’ll be subject to disciplinary action.”
That ties the issue to strictly business matters and doesn’t unnecessarily attempt to monitor employees’ personal lives.
Source:
http://www.hrmorning.com/answers-to-tricky-hr-questions-can-we-have-a-no-dating-
Question:
We’ve had some problems arise out of employees’ dating each other. Can’t we simply implement a no-dating policy for employees?
Answer
Most companies have given up on the idea, says business consultant Hunter Lott. Such policies smack of “babysitting,” and that’s the last thing employers want to get involved in.
Instead of instituting no-dating policies, a lot of companies are going to what are called “relationship” policies. For instance, such a policy might read: “If your relationship with other employees hampers our ability to do business - or your ability to do your job - you’ll be subject to disciplinary action.”
That ties the issue to strictly business matters and doesn’t unnecessarily attempt to monitor employees’ personal lives.
Source:
http://www.hrmorning.com/answers-to-tricky-hr-questions-can-we-have-a-no-dating-
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Padmaja 22-04-2009
Invoking like no dating would put brakes on employee relationships and might curtail productivity.
Gone are those days wherein we come to work and put in 8 hours of work / work / work and go home. Work is transforming itself from a sweat - blood sucking instrument into a fun environment. I won`t go to work if there is no fun in the work that I do. Fun would mean that I enjoy what I do and not whats imposed.
Impositions / restricitons on employees would demoralize and hurt organizations in the long run.
Gone are those days wherein we come to work and put in 8 hours of work / work / work and go home. Work is transforming itself from a sweat - blood sucking instrument into a fun environment. I won`t go to work if there is no fun in the work that I do. Fun would mean that I enjoy what I do and not whats imposed.
Impositions / restricitons on employees would demoralize and hurt organizations in the long run.
