In the wake of Philip Schofield’s ‘unwise but not illegal’ relationship with a much younger employee, ITV have issued a new policy. It requires staff members to declare the names of their ‘associates’ and the ‘nature of their relationships’ on a Google Forms questionnaire. This is frankly a pathetic attempt to stamp out abuses of power in the workplace. And it risks killing off something I feel quite strongly about: the office romance. We must protect that at all costs.
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Bores think that romantic office relationships are unprofessional. In fact, they are entirely healthy and natural. A survey conducted by Forbes showed that 60 per cent of people had partaken in an office romance. That’s only those who admitted to it. One in five married people in Britain met at work.
The office is the last place where people are forced to communicate in person and not through a screen.
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