With Valentine's Day on the horizon, love is in the air and Cupid's arrow can strike in the workplace! When love at work works, it's something to be celebrated.
With Valentine's Day on the horizon, love is in the air and Cupid's arrow can strike in the workplace! When love at work works, it's something to be celebrated. However, employers commonly have concerns that the existence of such relationships may give rise to complaints involving bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, breach of confidentiality or conflicts of interest.
It is also important to consider issues that may arise where workplace relationships break down. A cautionary tale from the Workplace Relations Commission underscores the importance of adopting a measured approach and to avoid “taking sides”
The case of Quinlan v Spencer Family Holdings (ADJ-00032408) in which the claimant was a secretary for the Respondent Company and she was also previously in a relationship with one of the company directors (who is the son of a senior director). The Claimant stated that, following the breakdown of her relationship with the director in June 2019, she was told by both the senior director in the firm and her former partner to "go home". She was subsequently dismissed allegedly due to “a downturn in the business” without any dismissal or redundancy processes being followed. The Claimant's representative attributed her dismissal to the breakdown of the relationship and that...
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