Socialising on work premises.

Hellrazer · 07-02-2023 3:31pm #1

Heres a strange one. The place my son works in (pub) has brought in a rule stating that the staff can no longer socialize at all on the premises any more - even when they are on days off. We would regularly go for meals / drinks etc in the place but now it looks like he cant even come out for family celebrations etc.

Is this even legal?

ohnonotgmail · 07-02-2023 3:44pm

Sure. the publican can refuse entry to anyone providing it is not on one of the 9 protected grounds.

Dslatt · 07-02-2023 3:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058283278/socialising-on-work-premises

Common enough in pubs, its sensible enough. Go somewhere else for meals and drinks if you want to bring him.

GerardKeating · 07-02-2023 3:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058283278/socialising-on-work-premises

As long as they do not infringe on the nine protected categories (gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community) then (in most cases) anything goes.

Only option is to either exclude the son, or have the celibrations elsewhere. and drop not soo subtle mentions about the vast sums spent in the other venue...

Ish66 · 07-02-2023 3:55pm

Sounds like the management suspect the odd freebie or 6 to fellow staff !

endofrainbow · 07-02-2023 4:15pm

Quite common in certain pubs. Could be they don't want staff becoming over friendly with customers on a social level.

Mrs OBumble · 07-02-2023 4:52pm

It can also be for the protection of the off duty staff, who could be pulled in to help colleagues.

And it removes the possibility of staff having to refuse their off-duty colleagues.

Hellrazer · 07-02-2023 7:03pm

Thanks all - just found it a bit strange. Guess Ill have to take my business elsewhere.

coylemj · 07-02-2023 8:42pm

It's a pretty common policy in the hospitality business.

You're off duty, you go to that pub for a drink and meet a gang of people, get on well with them. Next night you're on duty, they're in to meet their new 'friend' and start pressing you for freebies, top-ups, a large measure for the price of a regular, that sort of stuff. It's as much for your protection as that of the owner's.

TooTired123 · 07-02-2023 9:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058283278/socialising-on-work-premises

This was the case when I first went to work in hospitality in 1982. It’s common place in catering for a very long time. I don’t know why you would think it wouldn’t be “legal?

On what grounds do you think your son is being discriminated against?

08-02-2023 2:26pm

Yip, same when I worked in pubs during Uni years, owners had a policy where we couldn’t drink there while employed. In the one that didn’t have it, we used to get free drinks from other staff.