The pandemic has brought a flowering of the workplace romance — but most of the office lovebirds aren’t telling human resources about it.
About a third of U.S. workers say they’re currently in or have been a part of a workplace romance, up from 27% two years ago, according to a survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). But 77% of respondents said their employer doesn’t require them to disclose such a relationship. And so, not surprisingly, an equal number (77%) of survey takers haven’t informed their employer about office romances they've been involved in. That can lead to problems.
Following the rise of the #MeToo movement, executive behavior has been under a microscope in recent years, and failure to disclose relationships has sparked powerful consequences for corporate America and beyond.
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