Comments on: Who won this case? Employees banned from dating http://www.hrmorning.com/who-won-this-case-employees-banned-from-dating/ Your daily dose of HR Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:43:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Judy Buckley http://www.hrmorning.com/who-won-this-case-employees-banned-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-10706 Judy Buckley Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:42:20 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=167#comment-10706 Our company does not ban dating between employees. We do have the policy that people who begin dating and are in a supervisor/supervisee situation need to be forthcoming about the dating. Then, a different supervisor is assigned for exactly the reasons noted by mw. We have also had employees who are related to each other, i.e., mother-daughter and husband-wife relationships. In those cases, one of the parties could not supervise the other. As to Stephanie's post, it does seem unprofessional to "pick up" on guests while they are staying at the hotel where one works. Once they check out, though, good luck trying to enforce a policy that an employee can't date a former guest. I would think the impact on future business would be slight, if any. Picture the spurned guest saying he/she wouldn't recommend the hotel based on the results of the dating relationship. Of course, a really vindictive person could make up things - but that could happen with or without these restrictions. Our company does not ban dating between employees. We do have the policy that people who begin dating and are in a supervisor/supervisee situation need to be forthcoming about the dating. Then, a different supervisor is assigned for exactly the reasons noted by mw. We have also had employees who are related to each other, i.e., mother-daughter and husband-wife relationships. In those cases, one of the parties could not supervise the other. As to Stephanie’s post, it does seem unprofessional to “pick up” on guests while they are staying at the hotel where one works. Once they check out, though, good luck trying to enforce a policy that an employee can’t date a former guest. I would think the impact on future business would be slight, if any. Picture the spurned guest saying he/she wouldn’t recommend the hotel based on the results of the dating relationship. Of course, a really vindictive person could make up things – but that could happen with or without these restrictions.

]]> By: mw http://www.hrmorning.com/who-won-this-case-employees-banned-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 mw Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:06:38 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=167#comment-3217 To me, the greatest cause for concern is that this relationship is supervisor & subordinate which could open the door to sexual harassment should the relationship break up. Peer-on-peer relationships may be cause for concern because of job performance issues, but that can be dealt with under a different venue. To me, the greatest cause for concern is that this relationship is supervisor & subordinate which could open the door to sexual harassment should the relationship break up. Peer-on-peer relationships may be cause for concern because of job performance issues, but that can be dealt with under a different venue.

]]> By: Stephanie Benson http://www.hrmorning.com/who-won-this-case-employees-banned-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2916 Stephanie Benson Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:07:54 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=167#comment-2916 I am an HR Manager in the hospitality field. Our policy is that it is unprofessional for the staff to "pick-up" on the guests while they are staying in the hotel. My question is, can a supervisor prohibit an associate from seeing someone once the guest checks out of the hotel? In my professional opinion, the supervisor cannot; however, one of my supervisors arguments are if the associate dates the guest and things don't go well, we could lose future business. I would love your advice on this subject. Thank you so much for your time! I am an HR Manager in the hospitality field. Our policy is that it is unprofessional for the staff to “pick-up” on the guests while they are staying in the hotel. My question is, can a supervisor prohibit an associate from seeing someone once the guest checks out of the hotel? In my professional opinion, the supervisor cannot; however, one of my supervisors arguments are if the associate dates the guest and things don’t go well, we could lose future business.

I would love your advice on this subject.

Thank you so much for your time!

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