Oh, do tell. Share with me your most cringeworthy holiday party HR story!

December 14, 2016 | by Eric B. Meyer

Inspired by a quality discussion in my Facebook feed today, I’m thinking that some of you HR-compliance geeks probably have some good holiday party stories to share with me.

That’s right, for once, I’m going to live vicariously through you.

So, here are the rules — we lawyers always have rules, or “it depends,” or both:

Email me your story.
Don’t share with me anything that involves pending litigation or a confidentiality agreement.
Heck, I don’t want to hear about anything unless the statute of limitations has expired.
I’ll pick my Top 5 and share them (with names and other identifiers redacted) tomorrow.

And, in case anyone wants some tips to avoid holiday-party-related lawsuits, I did that post last year.

Image Credit: By Jbrsce – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

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