Can employers can make deductions from employees wages if they turn up for work late the morning after the company Christmas party as long as the right to make deductions from wages for unauthorised absence is detailed in the employee contract.
If disciplinary action is to be taken for lateness or non-attendance after the Christmas party, employers should ensure that staff are informed that this is a possibility in the disciplinary policy.
Where an employee does not attend due to illness, the employer should follow its absence management policy and procedures.
If you would like us to review your disciplinary or absence policies then please contact us.
We strongly advise that if you are arranging a Christmas party that you issue a memo to all employees prior to the event to remind them that coming into work late the following day is not permitted.