We have an employee who has worked with us for about 6 months, let's call her Jane. She has been an excellent employee, very productive, and has referred many other employees to the company.
We recently signed a contract to provide services to another company. We will call the company I work for Company A, and the new company we signed the contract with is Company B. Company B requested Company A to hire the current employee, let's call her Jenny, for Company B to run the operation and had glowing reviews for this person.
We agreed to it, and I started the hiring process. Jane came to me shortly after the hiring process and stated that Jenny was her ex-girlfriend and that she was emotionally abused by Jenny. After talking further, she stated that Jenny was 8 years older than her and an authority figure in her life, and they began dating when Jane was 17 years old. They were together for 6 years and had a tumultuous breakup. I checked into it, and there were no laws broken in this particular case. I wanted to avoid the risk altogether, but my boss insisted on hiring Jenny regardless. Jane is now upset and says she doesn't feel valued or safe to come to work. I will add that my boss decided to go ahead with hiring Jenny because she was highly recommended by Company B and that Jane and Jenny would only have contact at 6 staff meetings a year and company events.
We recently signed a contract to provide services to another company. We will call the company I work for Company A, and the new company we signed the contract with is Company B. Company B requested Company A to hire the current employee, let's call her Jenny, for Company B to run the operation and had glowing reviews for this person.
We agreed to it, and I started the hiring process. Jane came to me shortly after the hiring process and stated that Jenny was her ex-girlfriend and that she was emotionally abused by Jenny. After talking further, she stated that Jenny was 8 years older than her and an authority figure in her life, and they began dating when Jane was 17 years old. They were together for 6 years and had a tumultuous breakup. I checked into it, and there were no laws broken in this particular case. I wanted to avoid the risk altogether, but my boss insisted on hiring Jenny regardless. Jane is now upset and says she doesn't feel valued or safe to come to work. I will add that my boss decided to go ahead with hiring Jenny because she was highly recommended by Company B and that Jane and Jenny would only have contact at 6 staff meetings a year and company events.