Hiring employees can open a variety of issues that you may not be familiar with.   Issues like discrimination, harassment, health, safety, privacy in the workplace, and other employment issues can suddenly appear in the workplace.   For information on these issues, review the box at the right. An employee issue that may arise deals with “whistleblowers” in the workplace.   For guidance on this issue read Cooperatives Should Consider Implementing a Whistleblower Policy. .