Christmas Work Parties

differentoa

Hi, so I think this should be appropriate to post but if not, I apologise and edit/delete if necessary.
A restaurant, for example, is having a Christmas work party.
Now say the kitchen staff are staff employed by the restaurant directly and the waiters are employed by some sort of agency and the bar staff employed through a separate agency. The waiters/bar staff aren’t usually the same people each night, except for maybe one or two regulars.
So when the restaurant throws their party they invite only kitchen staff, as they always have done (as the bar/waiting staff attend their own company’s party), yet one member of say, waiting staff gets invited. Is this allowed, legally? Or is it just up to the boss to invite whoever they like?
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks.

Victor

differentoa wrote: »

Or is it just up to the boss to invite whoever they like?

I imagine this is the case.

differentoa

Hmm, thought so . Thanks.

Reloc8

Up to whoever is paying the bill who they invite.

Noting that exclusion from work-social activities is often indicative of discriminatory/unpleasant treatment - but this would relate only in respect of one's own employer.

evercloserunion

Victor wrote: »

I imagine this is the case.

Imagination doesn't get you very far in court of course.

I have to say I don't know the answer and Victor may well be right. But there's no point saying you imagine it's the case, because all that means is that you think it should be the case which doesn't make it so.

Reloc8

Victor has imagined correctly if that makes you any happier.

differentoa

Alright, thanks a million everyone.