Bromley: Cleaner 'wins' holiday after bosses ban fundraiser cash - BBC News
He was not allowed to accept a GoFundMe reward of £3,000 raised by members of the community.
This doesn't sound like 'bosses' banned it so much as council employees not being allowed to accept gifts over a certain value
The headline makes it sound much worse. Sounds like a creative workaround for employees not being able to receive gifts or something. The "competition" was clearly made for that exact person to win it.