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temp54679680544on WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat

I meant it in the sense of the right to choose something as basic as what they eat while traveling.

This is an insane overreach of the employer/employee relationship, and the only reason it is getting a pass here is because the "right" kind of politics are behind it.

temp54679680544on WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat

Yes, they should be forced to pay for the things normally required of an employer. Including reasonable meals during business travel. The individual employee can choose on their own to be vegan or vegetarian, or to eat meat.

Why should the individual rights of the employee be surpassed by the rights of the powerful employer?

temp54679680544on WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat

Where does it stop? When does compensation stop being the company's money and start being the employee's property to do with as they please?

temp54679680544on WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat

I'm pro-choice.

The exact same argument is used for requiring companies and insurance plans to pay for abortion.