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Is friendship employers’ business?
Some organisations are asking for disclosure of platonic as well as romantic workplace relationships.
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A best friend, the polling company says, increases “employees’ likelihood to recommend their workplace”.
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Emma Jacobs
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How would you classify your relationship with your colleague? ITV posed that question when updating its policy on workplace relationships in October.
The British broadcaster asked staff to declare not just romantic and family relationships but platonic ones too: flatmates, close relationships or friendships.
