Is an office affair a firing offence

Like relationships generally, workplace romances are beset by jealousies and tensions — emotions that are are evoked not only in those involved, but in their co-workers as well. If a more junior employee is having a relationship with a senior executive, it is often demotivating to that employee’s peers. They fear that, as a result [...]

Spurned lover or workplace harasser

Rather than shrieking with delight, Christine Pynaker’s heart sank upon receiving a bouquet of flowers and a gold necklace. Yet again, Wayne Brazeau, 25 years her senior, was after her. For more than three years, Brazeau had showered Pynaker with gifts, including flowers, jewellery — even an airline ticket to visit her parents in Spain [...]