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    Default Can You be Fired for Not Attending an Office Party

    An employee chose not to attend an office party that was held at a bar. Attendance was voluntary. Can their employer later fire them for not attending the party?

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    Default Re: Can You be Fired for Not Attending an Office Party

    Yes, absent a contract that provides otherwise, in the overwhelming majority of states the employee may be fired for not attending the party.

    A caveat might be that, if this move is meant to coerce employees to attend events that are nominally "voluntary" but are in fact an unpaid job duty, the employee (or other employees who come to recognize that "voluntarily" actually means "required, but unpaid") may have a claim based upon the employer's attempts to avoid paying for required job activities.

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