Week 3 BOC: Policies and Procedures

Understanding employee policies and workplace fairness is vital to industries including hospitality. When an employee feels discrimination or unfairness in the work place they need assistance to challenge policies and fight for worker rights. Web sites such as Workplace Fairness are sponsored by the National Employment Lawyers Association because they assist workers with unfair business practices or misuse of a legal policy they might occur during their employment with a company. “A policy or action that is perfectly legal must still be applies in a legally coherent (fair) manner, or the cuts will simply not support its use” (Hayes, David K. Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry, 1^st Edition. Wiley, 02/2008. Pg. 66. VitalSource Bookshelf Online). Some of the services that are offered on Workplace Fairness’s website include but are not limited to; attorney database, career center, unpaid wages/wage and hour problems, unions and collective action. The Workplace Fairness’ Mission is to, “Educate workers, employers and legal services and community organizations, foster a community of advocates who believe that fairness works, and promote the fair treatment of workers through public policy” (http://www.workplacefairness.org/aboutwf).  While in the work place you may occur some unlawful employee treatment when it comes to benefits and leaves, termination and unemployment, discrimination, harassment and other workplace problems. When employees experience these problem with a company or any unlawful business practice they have Workplace Fairness as a resource to understand their rights and fight in court. Hospitality managers can best address these issues by the policies and procedures documentation and record keeping. “Most hospitality managers would also agree that it is critical for large, multiunit operators to have well-documented employee-related policies and procedures in place, despite the enormity of the task” (Hayes, David K. Human Resources Management in the Hospitality Industry, 1^st Edition. Wiley, 02/2008. Pg. 90. VitalSource Bookshelf Online).