TheTallGuy
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- Cambridgeshire
I did do a double check that it's not April yet...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51557090
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51557090
Vegan society at it again....
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ollie989898
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I find it hard to believe there are 600,000 vegans in the UK.
- Location
- Cornwall
Oh, it gets better...
No putting meat on expenses, says property firm
Developers Igloo Regeneration has gone vegetarian to cut its environmental impact.
www.bbc.co.uk
farmgineer
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Yes I saw that yesterday, the meat industry will die if a counter isn’t started soon. There was a point when people believed that fox hunting would never be banned. All it takes is a seed of an idea to take and 2 generations later it’s all over
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- Limousin
Oh, it gets better...
No putting meat on expenses, says property firm
Developers Igloo Regeneration has gone vegetarian to cut its environmental impact.www.bbc.co.uk
I would think they could actually breaking the law by positively discriminating against non vegans? @Danllan
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
a difficult one. They could say no alcohol on expenses and that would be acceptable. But if they were to say your not allowed African food on expenses then that would most definitely be discriminatory
n.w
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- Location
- western isles
No putting meat on expenses, says property firm
Developers Igloo Regeneration has gone vegetarian to cut its environmental impact.
www.bbc.co.uk
GeorgeK
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- Location
- Leicestershire
Worth reading the comments at the bottom of the page, 98% are just as tired of this rubbish as we are
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Drugs are illegal but more widespread than ever. I guarantee if meat was outlawed the price would rocket. I’d have to keep armed guard by my £300/head hoggets at Easter time!
- Location
- Cheltenham
I would say it is blatant discrimination. If they were taken to court, I think they would be in trouble.
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
Not my field so can only give a personal rather than a professional opinion... unless someone's dietary preference is based on religion, or even disability, I can't see there being a legal remedy. That written, 'belief' is protected by anti-discrimination law, to an extent, so I suppose one could argue that if one had a deep-seated belief in the need for humans to consume an evolutionary natural diet, one's right to eat meat could be successfully defended, maybe...
Is that verifiably from a former vegan?
There’s an interesting poll on the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust website at the moment.
I’d urge all to respond.
@JP1 can we get a bit of exposure?
There’s an interesting poll on the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust website at the moment.
I’d urge all to respond.
@JP1 can we get a bit of exposure?
Sorry. That’s the wrong link. I’ll dig out the right one.
Damn, buggered if I can find it at moment, its about BBC being anti countryside......struggling to find stuff on my phone
TheTallGuy
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- Cambridgeshire
I have discussed this type of scenario with a friend in the judiciary with expertise in this area & from the discussions she's had with others the consensus is that the company would be within their rights (subject to other contractual obligations) to implement such a scheme provided that those who have either a medical condition or genuinely held "structured belief" were excluded from the policy. The consensus is that it would be damn near impossible to come up with a cogent case for a belief system that would mandate the consumption of meat for every meal, although as ever with UK law - until such a matter is placed before the courts & run all the way to the top there is nothing approaching a definitive answer - as seen in the Ashers Bakery case.Not my field so can only give a personal rather than a professional opinion... unless someone's dietary preference is based on religion, or even disability, I can't see there being a legal remedy. That written, 'belief' is protected by anti-discrimination law, to an extent, so I suppose one could argue that if one had a deep-seated belief in the need for humans to consume an evolutionary natural diet, one's right to eat meat could be successfully defended, maybe...
Is that verifiably from a former vegan?
That said, if I was working for that firm I would be refusing to accept it without a fight - especially if it constituted a material change to the contract of employment. I would push for either a raise or a per-diem expense arrangement as a compromise, which if it went to arbitration or tribunal would be likely to work in my favour as the business wouldn't be directly reimbursing the cost of the meat products.
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Interesting post. Would the fact that their decision is based on the dubious idea that a plant based diet is better for the environment than, for example, a locally sourced omnivorous one stand up to judicial scrutiny?