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Employment Law Newsletter: Why Employers Should Worry About Workplace Romances

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Wyrick Robbins attorneys L. Diane TindallMary M. Williams and J. Kellam Warren have released the Fall 2009 issue of The Resource: A Legal Newsletter for Employers & Human Resource Professionals.

This issue urges employers to have in place a carefully written policy addressing personal relationships between co-workers.  Guidance is offered in the form of a Letterman-esque “Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Worry About Workplace Romances.” 

The newsletter also includes a special client alert regarding recent legislation which further expands provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act relating to exigency and caregiver leave for military families.