Workplace romance: Oh a good article and a must to discuss.
During my career I found two instances of such, and how I handled it I am telling you:
1. Here a typist and an execute amongsts a few group of peoples start open romance and the boy shows interest on the girl. This matter crops up again and again during our lunch time when we all sit together for lunch.
Here there is no shy and cry thing, as both are matured. So the girl is openly telling that she is loving some one so he cannot accept his advances. But still the boy insists, and even asks her for a coffee meeting. This finally comes to me for decision making when both presents their case.
Analysing the situation, I told the boy very clearly that since the girl is quite firm in her decision to marry her school sweet heart and both love each other(that boy infact come to our office also from another state to just meet her) there is no chance for him to press her and insist her in this.
Finally the matter was resolved and she is married to her sweet heart and settled in Goa and have two children and the boy too married elsewhere and now have a kid too.
2. Second instance is quite embarassing: A senior giving advances to a junior and that affects the work. Here the senior is quite equivalent to my rank, and so I had to report to my big boss. But no action has been taken and the matter gone to worst. Both leaving the organization w/o information.