Even so, surveys show a decline in the number of companies that plan holiday celebrations.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Party
On:
’Tis the
season for
holiday
partiesand
as is typical this time of year, numerous groups are studying the issue of
corporate parties. Executive search company Battalia Winston of New York says 9 percent
fewer organizations will have formal holiday celebrations in 2007 than last
year, with 85 percent expected to do so. Perhaps out of legal concerns,
companies are moving largely toward alcohol-free events, with 70 percent saying
they will allow imbibing—a drop of 15 percentage points from
2006.
Meanwhile,
a
survey by Menlo Park, California-based staffing firm OfficeTeam found
that
nearly 60 percent of workers plan to take extra days off for the
holidays beyond
the normal company-provided time for
Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year’s.
About one-quarter of
workers are eyeing
holiday vacations of a week or
longer.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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