Thursday, March 4, 2010

It is important to keep personal and professional relationship separate.But it is easier said than done. Two co-workers in a relationship might feel that it is their personal choice and that their professional relationship is not affected by it .However employers might not buy that .Employers might be sceptical about the situation especially if the two people are in different levels of hierarchy in the organisation.

But can they really enforce the love contract as the one given in our case? It might be very difficult to prove that and which is why we see that the employer in this case is trying to force Pritam and Jagruti to sign the agreement just at the time of promotion. Suppose the employer manages to get the two sign on the contract .But is it a viable option? Can they extend the same to all workers in the organisation? Needless to say the impact it will have on the employer-employee relationship. After all our job is not our whole life. Every employer is entitled to a social life beyond work and the company cannot dictate that. Employer has to trust employee to maintain professional integrity is such cases.

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