Romance at Work
If a relationship between a supervisor and a subordinate or between coworkers ends on a sour note, one of the employees may claim that it wasn’t consensual, that he was sexually harassed[->2], or that she was retaliated[->3] against if she receives a poor performance review from her former paramour. In 2008, more than 13,867 sexual harassment claims were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) [->4]
Maintain an antinepotism policy promulgated antinepotism policies, which prohibit spouses or relatives from working at the same company or more typically prevent employees from supervising or directing coworkers related to them by blood or marriage.
Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study
Question 1
Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current (or future) workplace.
Answer Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen, authors of "Office Mate: The ..[->5] so Dating and romance in the workplace is an interesting topic that will cause quite a discussion among many professionals and their coworkers. In the book titled Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding and Managing Romance on the Job, 38% of employees ages twenty- five to twenty-nine have had an office romance (Losee & Olen, 2007, p. 55). Now, many individuals view office romances as an unavoidable trend as a result of people working together that share the same common interests (Losee & Olen, 2007). However, many people wonder what can be done to decrease the problematic situations that can arise when office romances occur in the workplace. A Consensual Relationship Agreement is a written contract that helps to address the issues created by office romances (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011). This agreement acknowledges that such relationships will develop and ask that the parties inform their immediate supervisor of any romantic relationship (Merrill & Knox, 2010, p. 171). The contract will confidentially verify that the relationship is consensual (Merrill &
Maintain an antinepotism policy promulgated antinepotism policies, which prohibit spouses or relatives from working at the same company or more typically prevent employees from supervising or directing coworkers related to them by blood or marriage.
Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study
Question 1
Argue for the use of Consensual Relationship Agreements (CRAs) in your current (or future) workplace.
Answer Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen, authors of "Office Mate: The ..[->5] so Dating and romance in the workplace is an interesting topic that will cause quite a discussion among many professionals and their coworkers. In the book titled Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding and Managing Romance on the Job, 38% of employees ages twenty- five to twenty-nine have had an office romance (Losee & Olen, 2007, p. 55). Now, many individuals view office romances as an unavoidable trend as a result of people working together that share the same common interests (Losee & Olen, 2007). However, many people wonder what can be done to decrease the problematic situations that can arise when office romances occur in the workplace. A Consensual Relationship Agreement is a written contract that helps to address the issues created by office romances (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011). This agreement acknowledges that such relationships will develop and ask that the parties inform their immediate supervisor of any romantic relationship (Merrill & Knox, 2010, p. 171). The contract will confidentially verify that the relationship is consensual (Merrill &