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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Don't Let 'Holiday Party' Become 'Will Work For Food' - Above the Law

Let’s not beat around the wreath — being a dick at the Christmas party is an easy way to experience a layoff season of one. As nice as it would be to meet all of your work expectations from the comfort of your living room, the collective hallucination of acting like Long COVID isn’t a thing means that in-person events are back in session. Not only will the number of days you’re expected to be in the office increase, the amount of showing face outside the office bumps up too. Going to the party is enough to avoid the “they’re too good for us” gossip at the water cooler (is that a thing again?), but absence is preferable to committing a party foul that makes people think they’re too good for you.

Oddly enough, the wisdom comes from LadBible:

A legal expert has warned that you could be waking up with more than just a hangover if you misbehave at your work Christmas party this year…Employment law expert Katherine Cook told the Shropshire Star that – as you might imagine – work Christmas parties that revolve around alcohol led to an increase in problems.

She says that this month and next, her and her team see a ‘surge’ in businesses asking for advice about disciplinaries and bad behaviour including violence and ‘discriminatory comments’.

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