One in five UK businesses implement colleague dating policy

One in five UK businesses have put in place a colleague dating policy with a further quarter considering implementing one, according to new research.

Almost half of UK workers (48%) said they had dated a co-worker with more than a quarter of those (27%) relationships turning into a long-term relationship or marriage.

The research uncovered the reasons why dating policies are considered necessary to put in place. Of those that have dated a colleague, one in five (17%) found that this created tension with other co-workers and a third of employers (33%) said that office romances caused disruption within their organisation.