And a Merry Christmas to you too!

[Gordon Rumsay]

Hi there!

Hope you can help with some advice. On Friday of last week my employer held a Christmas Party for all the staff at a local venue. Apparently some of the toilets were vandalised and the GM has sent an email out today saying that he intends to stop payment of the Christmas Bonus to pay for the repairs.

Until the email came out I had assumed that we weren't getting a bonus anyway as it hasn't been mentioned. Now I find out I was getting a bonus which is likely to be withdrawn because of something that happened at a function which I didn't attend in any case.

Do I have an argument?

Please advise

[Amethyst]

Re: And a Merry Christmas to you too!

If you weren't even at the party ..... yes it's unfair.

BUT if there wasn't ever going to be a bonus this year anyway - it could just be a misjudged slap on the wrists email to make the culprits feel bad, and like with kids and detention/privileges, if one doesn't own up, everyone suffers....

What usually happens with your christmas bonus, is it based on performance and part of your contract or more of a gift at Christmas ?

How much approx is it ? ( probably not worth arguing if it's a £20 M&S voucher and a bottle of plonk ). xxx