Because Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day fall on weekends this year, employees are getting somewhat shortchanged for the holidays.
But it's to be hoped that they don't go all wild and crazy at the office holiday party, which, according to a Bloomberg BNA report, will be provided by 77 percent of employers this year, whether it's a companywide event or departmental gathering.
The smaller the company, though, the better the odds of a party, with 84 percent of smaller organizations (those under 1,000 employees) sponsoring a party, compared with just 61 percent of larger enterprises. And that's despite the potential for misbehaving by drinking too much (69 percent of companies will serve alcoholic drinks), offending a colleague or supervisor or engaging in inappropriately flirtatious behavior.
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