Romance in the Workplace

romance in the workplaceSpringLaw’s Lisa Stam joined ADP’s Jeff Livingstone, host of the Insights@Work podcast for a conversation about romance in the workplace.

As Jeff explains, “When professional and personal lives co-mingle, it’s only natural that romantic work relationships happen.  While merging romance and work might sound like an ideal situation, navigating office politics and HR policies present their own pitfalls.”

Lisa and Jeff discuss the very important considerations for employers such as ensuring there are clear policies, training and communications around workplace relationships, and how to address power imbalances, conduct sexual harassment investigations.

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