Hello,
Two issues. First one lady and one employee. The other issue is some ladies discussing misbehaviour of a few male employees.
You have come to know of these two issues and have no concrete complaints, facts, names or other details of issues in either case.
Under these conditions, it is impossible to initiate any concrete steps. You may at best, put up a notice or send out a circular informing all staff of what you have know (without of course disclosing identities, even you know the identities) and request people to desist from such behaviour and to discourage whenever they experience it. They should be requested to also formally report such occurances (albeit in confidence) so that further options may be considered.
But formally, if no one registers a FIR (First Information Report, popularly known as a "complaint"), even the police will be helpless. It (Police) then can take cognizance only of what happens in their presence!
For enforcement of discipline the "affected" ones have to seek help. If they do not, then how can anyone help them? You may grant them annonynity for some time but it comes to proving an allegation, they will have come forward to depose!
Your concern is genuine and extremely laudable, but in these matters if the affected do not approach, scope for desirable and necessary actions will be limited for you!
You have to build bridges with your staff so that they CONFIDE in you and you must build own credibility to that people look up to you as a source of help! Especially this aspect of HR jobs is delicate and not power or popularity oriented.
If you need to ask specific questions, come up with relavant details ans we may be able to help you.
Regards
samvedan
August 24, 2011
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