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Re:WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat by curo on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:02PM (#17527191)
No one's going to get sued for a reimbursement policy. They don't have an obligation to reimburse, and this falls so far outside of fair employment laws. HN is going nuts on this one.
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Re:WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat by dragonwriter on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:14PM (#17527311)
> No one's going to get sued for a reimbursement policy

I wouldn't be so sure.

> They don't have an obligation to reimburse

They don't have an obligation to hire people, either, but if hiring doesn't make reasonable accommodations for disability, it's still illegal.

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Re:WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat by smsm42 on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @03:43AM (#17598897)
Well, they don't have an obligation to reimburse, but reimbursing in a discriminatory fashion could still be legally suspect. There's a difference between not reimbursing at all and reimbursing in a way that excludes certain people. Just like that case with Uber and jackets only for male team members - nobody is required to give out free jackets, but if you only give ones to males and not females, you'll end up in trouble. If not legal one than certainly PR one.
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Re:WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat by donutte on Friday July 13, 2018 @06:54PM (#17527567)
Why do you say that? It’s certainly in line with the spirit of the ADA, and a cursory Google suggests that lawsuits related to dietary restrictions have been successful.

For what it’s worth, I’m a vegetarian and broadly in support of this policy, assuming it can be made compliant with the law.

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