Navigating workplace romance – a romance risk assessment?

Navigating workplace romance – a romance risk assessment?
Some employers have policies on workplace romances, but most don't. (Image: Getty)
Bronwyn Heenan
By my calculations, the average New Zealander will spend over 90,000 hours at work during their life, and at least a third of each working day at work and interacting with colleagues. The question of what happens when that interaction with colleagues turns into a workplace romance has proved difficult for employers and employees for years. Some employers have policies on workplace romances, but most don't.Most employers and employees generally tend to agree that protocols would need to be put in place where there is a power imbalance a...

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