Employers switch traditional drinks events for team building such as crafts and sports
Wreath-making, indoor crazy golf and laser clay-pigeon shooting are in. Drinking until the early hours is out. Workers heading to this year’s office Christmas party may have a different experience as many employers ditch the usual alcohol-fuelled drinks events for more sober affairs, including afternoon activities. “Finishing early is the new going out,” says Thomas Morgan, head of venues at Riba in central London, who observes that interest in daytime events is rising.
Tim Martin, chair of the no-frills British pub chain JD Wetherspoon, which does not take bookings for Christmas parties, says there are fewer formal office dos this year. “There’s more legal pressure on companies now to take charge of people during office parties, as lawyers are always pointing out the dangers of companies organising .” He adds: “There are still parties associated with office life but they’re less organised by companies and more informally by workers.
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