Sunday, February 2, 2014

Preventing Racism In The Workplace

By Franklin Skribbit


Racism has no place in society and certainly not in the workplace. When racism does enter the workplace, the affect company can be assured that their entire processes will suffer as well as unintentionally foster an attitude amongst their employees of distrust, tension, and overall negativity.

Alcoholism is a disability

Positivity - If one person is feeling negative, it will rub off on everyone else in the group. The same applies to positivity - come into work with a smile on your face ready and willing to work and your employees will follow.

There are several steps that a company or organization can take to provide such assurances as well as several techniques that managers can use to influence positive feelings among coworkers. Once of the first steps in securing the workplace from racism is to make it known formally that the company has no tolerance for racist behavior or language by formulating and producing a clear anti-discrimination policy.

Listen - Communicate with your employee's positive feelings and in return listen to what they have to say, let them know how understanding you are. You are a human being, too, and can sympathize with them if they are having a hard time with anything.

Manage an alcoholic employee with an RWA

The best way to manage an alcoholic employee is to come up with a Return to Work Agreement (RWA). That way you can both sit down at a table and come up with a plan for them to continue their employment that you're both happy with. Something you might include in an RWA would be that the employee must attend AA meetings regularly, or that if they relapse they'll risk termination. If they're unable to return to full functionality immediately, the RWA can set goals to help them reach the necessary level.

Payment - The reason you have employees in the first place is because they are working for money. They will not be very happy employees if they are not being paid what they deserve, especially if the competition is paying their employees more. Make them aware that pay increases are an option if they work hard enough for it or that they can at least earn a bonus for working hard on a specific project.

In addition to hiring the right people who are willing to work together no matter what the race or creed of their coworkers, a company can promote a racism free work environment by promoting based on performance alone. These are just a few ways in which companies can take a proactive step in preventing racism from entering their workplace.




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