Reduce Risk at Christmas Parties/Social Events
Published on: 06/08/2015
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Lisa Bryson Partner, Eversheds Sutherland - Middle East
Lisa Bryson Partner, Eversheds Sutherland - Middle East
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Lisa is a Partner in the Eversheds Sutherland employment team in Dubai. She advises on employment and equality law matters, and is also part of our UK-wide immigration team.

Lisa is an experienced employment lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in the field.  She has worked for Eversheds Sutherland and been a member of the global employment, labour and pensions group for the majority of her career.

She has previously worked in the Nottingham, London and Belfast offices before relocating to the UAE in 2022 to further strengthen our employment law offering in the Middle East.

Lisa has considerable experience of providing contentious and non-contentious employment law advice to multi-national companies with a presence around the globe.  She advises clients across a broad range of sectors with a particular interest in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the people considerations of ESG within the financial and professional services, TMT and the industrials sectors.  She is noted in the legal directories as a ‘next generation partner’ and as being a ‘strategic thinker’.  The directories also note her track record of defending high-value and commercially sensitive litigation matters alongside the fact she ‘delivers for her clients with great efficiency’. 

Lisa also supports businesses seeking to move their workforce around the globe and recruit new employees to ensure that all legal, visa and immigrations requirements are met.

Lisa is an accomplished presenter and has spoken on a wide range of employment law topics including restrictive covenants and confidential information, discrimination and mental health in the workplace.  She is regularly invited to comment on topical HR matters.

Lisa Bryson, Associate at A&L Goodbody, outlines practical steps to reduce risk at Christmas parties/ social events.

Lisa writes:

No one wants to be 'bah humbug' about the approaching festivities and party season but then neither does any organisation (or individual!)– want to be on the receiving end of a claim arising from events at or following a work-related party. We know there are 12 days of Christmas, so here are our '12 tips for Christmas' parties:

  1. Ensure all your policies are up to date
  2. Issue guidelines on how to behave
  3. Timings
  4. Limit the Christmas spirit
  5. Tasty snacks
  6. Lose the mistletoe
  7. Identify potential hazards
  8. Beware of drink driving
  9. Expect less the morning after
  10. Enjoy the craic?
  11. Secret Santa's stocking?
  12. Inviting husbands, wives... and life-partners?

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 06/08/2015