Is a policy regarding personal relationships in the workplace appropriate?

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• McDermott Will & Emery London Employment Group

When couples or family members are in a reporting relationship issues can arise regarding favouritism, or the appearance of favouritism, which can be damaging to the working environment.

Some workplaces have policies in place to manage this, which usually provide for changes to the working conditions of one of the employees involved (eg. change in reporting line, additional reporting or transfer).

In the recent case of Faulkner v. The Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary, the Employm... (365 more words)

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