Throwing a company X-mas party....?

There is no law governing party invitations, corporate or otherwise. People may get pissed off, but they won't have grounds to sue --- unless perhaps they can prove a pattern of discrimination (no women invited, or no minories, etc.)

I don't think there is a federal law or anything but there might be a thing called his conscience. It' Christmas, the more the merrier. The ones not invited will eventually find out and feelings will be hurt. It's just the right and the nice thing to do. Have a Merry Christmas!

" they did not invite me to the x-mas party." this happens all the time. Some of the employees in your company who set up the xmas party are jackasses who are so child like that they intentionally did not invite certain employees. Just forget about it. There is more to life than your time at work. a) goto starbucks and get yourself a holiday latte and forget about it b) get together with your friends outside of work and have a cup of coffee or beer and enjoy the social occasion c) merry christmas and enjoy the holidays and take some time off after xmas to recharge your batteries d) trust me, in a matter of months you will find a better job and be outta there and making a new set of friends at your new job who are more professsional than the subset of monkeys you are working with now. merry christmas!!!!!!

there isnt a defined law about that, that I am aware of but, if you exclude some employees those that are excluded can see it as descrimination and things can get messy. I suggest you charge a small amount to attend the party and reimburse those people that you wanted to attend. This might stur conflict later on though if the word gets out, the easiest way is to invite everybody and not to save yourself but to enjoy christmas and its always wise to imagine yourself in their shoes.

happy holidays,

demosthenes