Comments on: My Employee’s Husband Was Arrested. Should I Tell The Executive Team? https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/01/my-employees-husband-was-arrested-should-i-tell-the-executive-team.html Everything to make HR better Mon, 08 May 2017 17:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: charles https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/01/my-employees-husband-was-arrested-should-i-tell-the-executive-team.html#comment-208583 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:55:06 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4178#comment-208583 I’d also add what if Jane just found out about his wrongdoing and is now considering divorcing him?

Boy, would that really hit her hard to lose her job too!

]]> By: Laura K https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/01/my-employees-husband-was-arrested-should-i-tell-the-executive-team.html#comment-208562 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:54:54 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4178#comment-208562 Excellent answer.

]]> By: burnout https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/01/my-employees-husband-was-arrested-should-i-tell-the-executive-team.html#comment-208561 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:44:44 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4178#comment-208561 AWESOME answer. Very good.

]]> By: BethRa https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/01/my-employees-husband-was-arrested-should-i-tell-the-executive-team.html#comment-208560 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:17:42 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4178#comment-208560 What grannybunny said – in both cases.

Because I can hear my CFO now “we wouldn’t seek out this information, but now that we have it, what if something does happen?” (read: how much trouble will we be in)

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/01/my-employees-husband-was-arrested-should-i-tell-the-executive-team.html#comment-208558 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:04:55 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4178#comment-208558 In reply to grannybunny.

Wow. I’m enlightened!

Thanks for your kind words.

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/01/my-employees-husband-was-arrested-should-i-tell-the-executive-team.html#comment-208556 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:48:49 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4178#comment-208556 Thank you for a very enlightened answer. However, I expect that the response in most settings would be exactly the knee-jerk reaction feared: that Jan would be terminated, especially in an employment-at-will state.

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