A U.K. employment tribunal has ruled that ethical veganism is a “philosophical belief” that should be legally protected in the same way as religion, reports CNBC. This means that vegans in the U.K. will be protected from discrimination by law, unlike Jordi Casamitjana, who claims he was unfairly dismissed from his job at League Against Cruel Sports for disclosing the organization’s investment of pension funds into companies that experiment on animals. The LACS denies this, saying Casamitjana was fired for “gross misconduct.”
Peter Daly, an employmemnt lawyer at Slater and Gordon, who represented Casamitjana in the case, says the case will now move on to consider Csamitjana’s dismissal. Full Story
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