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Workers warned over office romances
A Valentine's Day study has revealed there isn't a fairytale ending for the majority of office-based romances.
The survey by the employment law consultancy Peninsula Ireland also showed up to 93% of people have admitted to having a secret crush on a colleague.
However 22% of office romances end up with employees getting married.
Alan Price, managing director of Peninsula Ireland, said when office romances go bad they can prove a real mess.
"When employees' personal relationships come to an end they can have a majority adverse affect on working relations and also workplace harmony when other employees start taking sides," said Mr Price.
"You can't just delete the ex-partner from your phone contacts and move on, you still have to work with the person and at times this can prove difficult for employees and can affect performance.
"On a more positive note, it is not uncommon for these office romances to flourish into love, with wedding bells more common than ever between fellow employees."
A total of 974 employees from a wide variety of industries were quizzed for the survey via telephone and in person between January 14 to February 8.
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