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Love contract is signed by two employees consensually declaring that the relationship is by consent. Work place romances can sometimes create lot many problems for the organisation – be it accusations of poor judgment, breaches of ethics, favouritism, lost productivity, poor employee morale, sexual harassment claims and even workplace violence. So, it surely creates worries for the HR professionals. But does it mean that love contracts can save the company against litigations of sexual harassment etc. As Sushma has mentioned the answer is a definite “no”. Also, is it justified to believe that if two people are in a romantic relationship harassments can never happen. The answer is surely no. So, it definitely is not an answer to the above problems. But, do the HR people have any other choices to safeguard the company’s interests? Not many.

Sure , is it that love contracts cannot stop litigation problems against the organisation but it can surely minimise them. I suppose that’s the reason why these contracts are becoming popular these days.

There are definitely other ways to solve the above problems - for example counselling the employees involved in romantic relationships. But , again counselling requires time(official time), money and effort on the part of the organisation and the employees. So, love contracts are one of the easy and economic ways to minimise the problems of the organisation in cases of romantic relationships between employees.