TADL strongly believes that a work environment where employees maintain clear boundaries between employee personal and business interactions is necessary for effective Library operations. Although this policy does not prevent the development of friendships or romantic relationships between co-workers, it does establish boundaries pertaining to how such relationships are conducted during working hours and within the working environment.
Direct-Reporting Relationships
Employees in supervisory or managerial roles and those with authority over the terms and conditions of a subordinate employee with whom they are having a dating or romantic relationship are subject to more stringent requirements under this policy. An employee in a supervisory position is never permitted to be in a dating, romantic or sexual relationship with a subordinate employee who the employee supervises and is required to immediately inform the TADL Director and the Human Resources Manager of the relationship.
Indirect Reporting Relationships
An employee in a supervisory position in a dating, romantic or sexual relationship with a subordinate employee who the supervisory employee does not supervise is also required to immediately inform the TADL Director and the Human Resources Manager of the relationship. The reported relationship will be reviewed by the Director and Human Resources Manager and a determination will be made as to what actions are necessary to ensure that the relationship maintains clear boundaries between the employees’ personal and business interactions necessary for effective business operations.
TADL reserves the right to determine what actions will be taken including alternative placement of an employee when possible, having the employees in the relationship sign an acknowledgement of a consensual relationship, release of one or both of the employees, or other remediation determined on a case by case basis. Further, TADL reserves the right to apply this policy to situations where there is a conflict or the potential for conflict (actual or apparent) because of the relationship between employees, even if there is no direct-reporting relationship or authority involved.
Failure to notify the Director and Human Resources Manager of the relationship as required under this policy or any other violation of this policy will subject the employee to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.
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New on November 17, 2022