Spring has sprung. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming. And some of your employees may be in the midst of budding romances – or continuing longtime relationships. A recent employee survey by Namely highlighted the prevalence and secrecy of office romances.¹ Forty percent (40%) of Namely’s survey respondents indicated that they had engaged in an intimate relationship with a coworker. However, less than 5 percent of all respondents stated that they would tell Human Resources if they were involved in a workplace relationship. Even if an employer’s policy required employees to report relationships to HR, only 42 percent said they would comply. (That 42 percent seems optimistically high, given the mere 5 percent of respondents who indicated they would tell HR in the first place.)
The take away – which may come as no surprise – is that employees have Continue reading
