Can my employer prevent me from having coworker to my house for a party?

laughter_every_day

You are free to have the party, but the company is free to make continued employment conditioned on not having the party. Your choice.

Meh

HAHA do you work for Dunder Mifflin (from The Office)?????? Haha sounds like the fat (I'm sure) HR rep is jealous you didn't invite him/her!

Lot in his cave

They can't. That's just the stupidest thing I've ever heard. If you give a colleague a ride home after work and you crash is your empoyer liable? No. Neither are they liable for the party.

nkisfr

Your hr person is ignorant or a liar

fivefootnothing78

yeah I say thats bs. HR person sounds like shes being a control freak. If the job was throwing the party or supplying the refreshments or paying for the rental of the venue - sure I could see that. But it does not sound like you are using any resources from your job to have this party. HR persons probably mad she didn't get invited :)

Whatever you say

No,
Your Hr.person is an idiot.
Have your party and get a lawyer if they have a problem with it.

Wolfmoon

They can't. Have your party. Only you will be held liable if anyone gets drunk and hurts someone, not your company.

Skooby

No they cannot control your outside life uynless your under some type of contract. My dad throws parties all the time with his work buddies. And if something were to happen the job would have nuthing to do with it, because your not on the clock.

Lolly

no way they cant tell you what to do with your social life

Dylan H

i hate how evreything is all liability in the states !
have the party in canada
in canada its alwayz a partay

Zach

If its company policy, they can tell you you cannot have relations, whether romantic or not romantic with fellow employees. Most companies have rules saying management cannot hang out with their employees. This is entirely legal and there isn't anything you can do about it besides find another job or not to have to party.

val

Wow that is ridiculous. i'm sorry i don't have an answer for that but this is the first time i'm hearing this. i dont understand how you can get written up for something that goes on outside of work. it makes no sense at all. you should do some research on that.

betty boop

Never heard of that, but check your handbook.

gummiworms02

u can have people over as long as it doesnt conflict w/work

DeAngelo G

dude what you and your co-workers do off the clock is none of the company's business the cant tell you, that you cant have coworkers over

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tell them to get stuffed.

â˜®have a great night.

Clare

Since never. You can have whoever you like over to your house in your own time. If someone tries to sue the company if there's an accident, they will be able to argue successfully that the company did not endorse it in any way, did not fund it, was not on company time, at a company location etc. etc. To re-assure her, you could also tell your colleagues explicitly that it's not a work party, it's NYE party just so they're clear that it's got nothing to do with work!

xo_sandy

This sounds absolutely ridiculous! What you do on your own time is your time...has nothing to do with work; however, I'm not an attorney. It seems to me once a person clocks out he/she is able to do what he/she damn well pleases. Take it up with your supervisor.

flika

I don't know where you live but that's a new one to me. Unless the party was held in the office or on company property, I see no legal way they could forbid you to have a party or be subject to any repercussions because of it. In most instances, what the employees do on their own time is their own business and not the companies business or responsibility.

Stace

Sounds like your HR person was just feeling left out so decided to cause trouble for you and be a kill joy. I am 99% sure that what she is saying is bull!!! Tell her if that's what she needs to do to go ahead and do it. Call her bluff :) OR go to the boss and ask him. Be all sweet about it though - just say your checking because you don't want to make trouble for the company :) Have a good NYE party!

Goethe

No, they can't tell you who to invite to your own house. This HR person is an idiot.

izzyb4lyfe

I don't think that they can do that. Even just looking at the US constitution, you're given the right to assemble so I doubt it. And it doesn't look like it'll be a liability issue because they are at your house... Think about all the people that have parties, yea... I think she's just BS-ing because she wasn't invited

Guru

I never heard of this but are you a supervisor in charge and thus maybe this could seem like a company shin dig? I never heard of people on the same level being made to follow this rule.
Maybe if you were part of management? It seems strange at best.

Lela A

your party is in your private home..your company has issues

physicist

If you used company resources, phones, computers, email, time, etc, to invite/promote your party you could be fired just for that, so be careful about who you ignore.

hazel b

tell him o.k. everyone can just say" even though the party off I just thought I would stop and say how bad I feel about it."

Misha

Okay the only way you could really get into trouble and have it be legit is if there is a fraternizing rule at your job. However, the only way this would apply to you is if you are a supervisor or manager and are intending upon inviting over co-workers you are directly in charge over.

If this is not the case and the HR rep. heard of your party being solely employees I could see how she would see it important to point out to you that accidents can in no way be tied to the company just to cover her butt.

If you are just an employee with no management ties they have no right to tell you what you can or cannot do on your off time in your own house however to cover your own butt you shouldn't talk about the party at work and tell everyone else to do the same just keep it on the down low if it isn't interfering with work they can't complain.

Max M

I'm a law student, not a lawyer, but that sounds like a bunch of crap. There is a legal principle of Respondeat Superior, which is what she is talking about. It means that the employer can be held liable for the actions of the employee. However, most of the case law I've read on the subject extends liability only for the actions of an employee acting in the scope of their employment. There's is some gray area when it comes to things like driving a company car during non-working hours, but holding a party at a private residence and inviting co-workers seems far beyond the case law I've read for respondeat superior. However, when it comes to practical considerations, you may want to do whatever your boss tells you regardless of the legitimacy of her claims. No sense risking your job over a party.

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