TORONTO -- It’s 2021, the majority of Canadians are vaccinated, and the winter holidays are approaching — leading to a question many employees and employers are currently juggling: Is the workplace holiday party going to make a comeback, and is that a good idea?
Breakthrough cases of COVID-19 are possible, although relatively rare, and Furness pointed out that we have only just started vaccinating kids aged 5-11, meaning this group is still at risk of catching COVID-19 if a parent passes it on to them. “In Canada, really there hasn't been a lot of COVID liability cases,” he said. “Even if there was going to be, say, a lawsuit relating to COVID liabilities, someone gets COVID and they can specifically trace it back to a restaurant [where a work party was held], I assume they might potentially make the claim both against the restaurant and against their employer.
An employee would only really have a case for suing if they could prove their employer went above and beyond to put them in harm’s way at the party and make them catch the virus, such as “forcing staff to be in closer quarters, or they’re playing some pre-COVID game where obviously it wouldn’t be considered OK in the current circumstances.”
Zoom parties may be another option, but after another year of this pandemic, Furness does not think they will appeal.
**Christmas** Party
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Nascar, NFL, Euro, MLS, MLB, NHL, literally all college sports. Where are you even going with this? Let's move on already
no
Yes
Too many sad and depressing things happening in the world to celebrate
Rapid test
It's ok to go to bars, packed sporting events and concerts but my god whatever you do, don't go to a Christmas party!! Lmao 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Lol. Any party is. Jesus.
There isnt and never was a pandemic. Wake up people
Yes. I'm gobsmacked that my former healthcare colleagues (in a hospital) are all having/attending their multiple 70+ people Christmas parties held in restaurants and apartments etc. Especially now hearing the number of patients who caught covid IN hospital from staff.
Yes
YES YES YES too soon.
Workplace CHRISTMAS party! And No
fire up some more variants baby
Yes if your overweight and obese your 78% more likely to suffer severe illness from COVID-19.
Yes Working in office is too much risk even But let’s pretend it’s over for capitalism while we ignore all the deaths and long term illness, on top of an overwhelmed healthcare system
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Of course
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