In today’s world, employees spend increasingly more time at work, including in the manufacturing industry where jobs are generally not remote. This means that employees may have close working and personal relationships with each other, such as dating and romantic relationships as well as friendships. Such relationships, between peers, employees and supervisors, or even employees and individuals affiliated with the company, can create workplace issues and legal risks if not managed properly. Therefore, manufacturers should ensure that they have adopted policies and procedures to adequately address such issues and mitigate the associated risks.
First, manufacturers should implement and update policies regarding workplace relationships, including policies addressing dating and romantic relationships as well as fraternization, familial relationships, and nepotism. Such policies can be narrow or broad in scope and application, which may depend on the particular workplace and employee population. Such policies should be uniformly applied to all employees and clearly address whether and what types of relationships are permitted, whether any relationships are prohibited and the reason for that position, whether relationships must or should be reported to human resources, and the consequences for failure to report. For example, if a policy prohibits relationships between employees and supervisors, it should be clear about whether that includes all supervisors, only those in a...
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