Are PLCs allowed to push Politcal views onto their employees?

Tefal said:
Staffs job is to put out beer mats.

If a staff member doesnt like carlsberg should they have the right to refuse to put out calsberg advertising mats?
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Mmm the difference is that Carlsberg is a brand and the other is a Political point.

This whole vote has got the GF quite anxious. As it would directly affect her if we vote to leave. Lived in the UK for 9 years and very much sees it as home.
 
ColdAsIce said:
Mmm the difference is that Carlsberg is a brand and the other is a Political point.

This whole vote has got the GF quite anxious. As it would directly affect her if we vote to leave. Lived in the UK for 9 years and very much sees it as home.
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Does she think she's going to be kicked out after a brexit vote? That sounds a bit silly to me as I don't think any sane person wants to kick out any EU citizen that is working in and contributing towards the economy or who has some other genuine reason for being here like stay-at-home mum.

I'm worried about EU citizens who don't realise that a leave vote is a rejection of the EU political system and not the European people.
 
Narj said:
Does she think she's going to be kicked out after a brexit vote? That sounds a bit silly to me as I don't think any sane person wants to kick out any EU citizen that is working in and contributing towards the economy or who has some other genuine reason for being here like stay-at-home mum.

I'm worried about EU citizens who don't realise that a leave vote is a rejection of the EU political system and not the European people.
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I've tried to reassure her but it's the uncertainty that's worrying for her.
 
weringo said:
They are not the same thing.

Ltd is short for private limited company which are usually owned by private individuals and have fewer capital/disclosure/reporting requirements.

Plcs, short for pubic limited company, can offer shares to the public, are often listed on a stock exchange and are generally more accountable to the public. Big multinationals are often registered as Plcs whereas smally private businesses will usually be incorporated as Ltds.
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My company is Ltd. It's a big multinational owned by public shares and on the stockmarket.
 
Greene King then? My local (GK) hasn't got these coasters, in fact they don't put any out at all. If the landlady doesn't agree with it then she wont do it, she's a stern lady. :D
 
Dis86 said:
My company is Ltd. It's a big multinational owned by public shares and on the stockmarket.
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If it's quoted on a stock market, it will not be a private ltd company because it'll be in flagrant breach of the Companies Act 2006 if it is.

For the record, any UK company that is a PLC will ge one that complies with the various Companies Acts requirements for being a PLC. The full detail of that is quite fussy, but the gist of it is what weringo previously said, including

- registered as or to converted to PLC
- shares can be offered to public
- minimum £50000 share capital, of which minimum 25% must be paid up

The CA2006 is very specific, in Part 20, Ch1, s755 to be exact, that a private limited company CANNOT offer any security (shares or debentures) to the public, or allot or allocate them with a view to doing so.

There are all sorts of other differences, such as more onerous reporting requirements, a requirement for the company secretary to be a qualified professional, more than one director, and so on, but the two primary differences are the share capital requirements and the fact that private limited companies cannot have shares offered to the public.

That severely limits capital-raising options, because the company has to find buyers for shares privately, not just via public offerings, and there will usually be restrictions requiring all shareholder's approval before issuing new shares to pevent dilution of stakes, etc.

So, to summarise, a PLC is a company limited by shares or guarantee that complies with the CA2000 (etc) requirements, the primary two requirements being as above.

A private company is any company that is not public.

Oh, and the inclusion of PLC in the name is a very good guide, but not 100% reliable as there are some special exemptions to that.
 
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ColdAsIce said:
Mmm the difference is that Carlsberg is a brand and the other is a Political point.

This whole vote has got the GF quite anxious. As it would directly affect her if we vote to leave. Lived in the UK for 9 years and very much sees it as home.
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So shell have been here 11 years at ealiest exit.

Pretty sure shed get residency and possibly be able to apply for cotizenship after thatblength of time
 
Narj said:
It isn't, or at least shouldn't be. If we go down that road then a few million Brits will be coming home from Spain.
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I doubt it they provide a fortune to the spanish.


Would cripple local economies if all the brits left
 
ColdAsIce said:
Mmm the difference is that Carlsberg is a brand and the other is a Political point.

This whole vote has got the GF quite anxious. As it would directly affect her if we vote to leave. Lived in the UK for 9 years and very much sees it as home.
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Tefal said:
So shell have been here 11 years at ealiest exit.

Pretty sure shed get residency and possibly be able to apply for cotizenship after thatblength of time
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If she is financially active and has been here that long there is no way the government will take away her right to work here even in the unlikely event of the brexit loonies being elected. Under what ever system replaces the freedom of movement I suspect she would be eligible for permanent residency.

If all else fails you can always marry her and then she can stay forever!
 
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