Every modern workplace is affected by hidden, emerging, or full-blown disputes which negatively impact the bottom line. Human resource disputes are costly - not only in litigation expense, but also in terms of staff time to deal with them, loss of productivity, and decrease in morale. High-level disputes such as race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, Americans with Disabilities Act complaints, wrongful termination claims, workers comp matters, age discrimination claims and sexual harassment complaints can end up costing tens if not hundreds of thousands to employers.
Interpersonal disputes involving only a few individuals or entire departments have an emotional cost to employees that follows them home, triggers divorce, suicide and more.
Most of these disputes can be resolved in mediation in the time it takes to fully investigate them by traditional means. Often all that is required is a simple apology or a minor change in company policy to make parties happy with the outcome.
Employers need a timely, cost-effective program to keep employees performing at their peak. Employees need a dispute resolution process that is accessible, prompt and impartial.
Denver Mediation Center can help employers avoid lawsuits, reduce EEOC complaints, improve morale and increase productivity by providing mediation services to employees, managers, supervisors, customers or vendors. Our objective is to reach better outcomes in less time, at less cost, with less stress.
Mediating workplace disputes in a timely fashion:
- Provides confidentiality
- Increases productivity
- Retains qualified employees
- Enhances performance
- Improves morale
- Eliminates festering resentments
- Reduces lawsuits
- Saves money
- Promotes communication
- Improves problem solving
- Creates a positive change
See Facts about Workplace Conflict for more information.
Let us know if your company needs a neutral third party to help resolve disputes.
