Our office is an independent county entity funded by the occupancy tax, or room tax. We are governed by a Board of Directors and hired by an Executive Director. There are five employees with job descriptions that are independent and interactive.
All employees of this office are being intimidated and belittled by the chairman of our Board of Directors who has held this position for 15 months. In addition to challenging our qualifications for our jobs, he is requiring - in his position on the Board of Directors' Administrative Committee - that employees take courses on their own time. In addition, the Administrative Committee has extended the work day by an hour and requires that an hour be taken mid-day for lunch. A dress code is now being implemented. This sounds as though the employees have gone slack and are being whipped back into shape, but this is not the case. Employees have responded reasonably to demands of the administrative committee, but there is no compromise. Responses are reasonable: courses will be taken but during work hours; business attire is not always appropriate in a resort vistors center; and, extended days are worthy of experimentation on summer Fridays, and we can staff for that rather than changing overall office hours.
In addition, each employee is being micro-managed and adaptations are being demanded by the chairman of our Board that do not serve to get the job done more efficiently or better, but only in his way.
The changes we are being required to implement are occurring 8+ years after our employment. Our employment 8+ years ago was for stated hours at that time. We have job descriptions that we were hired to fill, and our performance is reviewed each year. Dress has not been an issue, and our executive director sets a standard of dress for employees.
Are we being harrassed by a chairman of the Board? We think we are, but we are stumped as to how this developed and what recourse we have with a Board chairman. Our Executive Director is as micro-managed as any employee, and says to us that it is the Chairman's plan to have us all quit. Is there recourse that is beyond our administrative committee?
All employees of this office are being intimidated and belittled by the chairman of our Board of Directors who has held this position for 15 months. In addition to challenging our qualifications for our jobs, he is requiring - in his position on the Board of Directors' Administrative Committee - that employees take courses on their own time. In addition, the Administrative Committee has extended the work day by an hour and requires that an hour be taken mid-day for lunch. A dress code is now being implemented. This sounds as though the employees have gone slack and are being whipped back into shape, but this is not the case. Employees have responded reasonably to demands of the administrative committee, but there is no compromise. Responses are reasonable: courses will be taken but during work hours; business attire is not always appropriate in a resort vistors center; and, extended days are worthy of experimentation on summer Fridays, and we can staff for that rather than changing overall office hours.
In addition, each employee is being micro-managed and adaptations are being demanded by the chairman of our Board that do not serve to get the job done more efficiently or better, but only in his way.
The changes we are being required to implement are occurring 8+ years after our employment. Our employment 8+ years ago was for stated hours at that time. We have job descriptions that we were hired to fill, and our performance is reviewed each year. Dress has not been an issue, and our executive director sets a standard of dress for employees.
Are we being harrassed by a chairman of the Board? We think we are, but we are stumped as to how this developed and what recourse we have with a Board chairman. Our Executive Director is as micro-managed as any employee, and says to us that it is the Chairman's plan to have us all quit. Is there recourse that is beyond our administrative committee?
