Harassment Policy Violation - What to do when your new manager makes a firing mistake

Posted @ 2/22/2010 11:55 AM By MBAHRO

Harassment Policy Violation - What to do when your new manager makes a firing mistake. Most companies want to do the right thing and make correct HR decisions. A quality HR program pays off in a multitude of ways. Still, companies sometimes make very bad decisions, or, more likely, employees may make poor decisions that you may have been unaware of when the decision was made. Reasons for ill-advised decisions vary, but many times these are rooted in a lack of proper knowledge and training. Bad manager decisions force you to operate reactively rather than proactively. While the old adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is absolutely true with respect to HR matters, there are times that the only thing you can do in a reactive mode is provide that "pound of cure." Let’s presume you already have a comprehensive antidiscrimination and harassment policy. In addition to the creation of the policy, proper notification of the policy and training were provided to employees. All appe ...