diff --git a/app/logic/events.py b/app/logic/events.py
index 05c694719..22dfe2719 100644
--- a/app/logic/events.py
+++ b/app/logic/events.py
@@ -373,11 +373,14 @@ def getParticipatedEventsForUser(user):
         :return: A list of Event objects
     """
 
+    eventName = fn.LOWER(Event.name)
+    checkIfLaborMeeting = eventName.contains("labor meeting")
+
     participatedEvents = (Event.select(Event, Program.programName)
                                .join(Program, JOIN.LEFT_OUTER).switch()
                                .join(EventParticipant)
                                .where(EventParticipant.user == user,
-                                      Event.isAllVolunteerTraining == False, Event.deletionDate == None)
+                                      Event.isAllVolunteerTraining == False, Event.deletionDate == None, ~checkIfLaborMeeting)
                                .order_by(Event.startDate, Event.name))
 
     allVolunteer = (Event.select(Event, "")
diff --git a/app/logic/volunteerSpreadsheet.py b/app/logic/volunteerSpreadsheet.py
index 255cbc97b..8bbada14a 100644
--- a/app/logic/volunteerSpreadsheet.py
+++ b/app/logic/volunteerSpreadsheet.py
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ def calculateRetentionRate(fallDict, springDict):
 
     return retentionDict
 
-
 def makeDataXls(sheetName, sheetData, workbook, sheetDesc=None):
     # assumes the length of the column titles matches the length of the data
     (columnTitles, dataTuples) = sheetData