No meat on expenses - forced vegetarianism?

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Not sure if we've had this yet - I couldn't see anything already posted, unless hidden away.

A company has banned employees from claiming expenses for meals which include meat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51529207

I don't think I'd be too pleased to be working for a company that did this. I'm not against eating non-meat meals, I do it quite often, but it seems to be a case of applying politics to company policy which is never good.

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SamR380 said:

I wasn't able to open that link but it looks like the company is WeWork?

I think this is at least as much a cynical attempt at saving themselves a bit of cash (by bouncing expense claims) as much as anything.

It's a property company called igloo this time.

Google the owner 'Kate Marfleet', maybe, if the BBC links don't work.

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captain_cynic said:

21TonyK said:

If they voted for it then so be it. No big deal, its only meals on expenses.

This.

Last time I checked being reimbursed for a meal isn't a human right and every company I've worked for has had rules regarding reimbursement.

Also, if you have an issue with company policy, you have options to redress said issues and not the least of those options is resigning and working at a different company.

Absolutely no one is being forced to do anything, contrary to the thread title.

However the professionally offended here just want to be offended by a company they don't work for.

There's no 'professionally offended' about it.

It's a discussion we're having, not a bloody EDL march!

I disagree regarding it not being an issue because of having the option to resign.

You could apply that to absolutely any whimsical policy that an employer may dream up, but it wouldn't make those fair and right, either.

The point is, this policy isn't like 'no alcohol on expenses' nor is it even like a 'no meat on expenses because there's a proven link to bowel cancer and we're making a concerted effort to encourage better health' policy.

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vdn said:

Brads67 said:

I'm sure this thread was started by a preaching meat eater no ?

Yes; the irony!

Interesting thought.

I started it on the grounds like I particularly dislike politics/beliefs being brought into company policy.

I don't think I'd class myself as a 'preaching meat eater'. I prefer fish, I eat meat-free quite regularly, on average probably eat no meat at least half the week.

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Countdown said:

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Actually that's a good example. A lot of our meetings/events are catered and you have meat/fish/vegetarian options. I can't eat meat as it's usually not halal, I'm not a big fan of vegetarian sandwiches, so I'm left with fish. Do I tell people that it's a fundamental right for them to provide me with Halal sandwiches? Or do I just have something else?

It's a storm in a teacup.

What if it was the other way around: can't claim expenses for halal meat because the company's woke owner feels that it's a cruel method of slaughter?

So other meat eaters can expense meat; you can't.