Friday, November 03, 2006

The Job Has Made a Bigger Person Out of You

They've already exiled the smokers, those miserable wretches puffing away in the rain.

Now, new prey is in sight.

This Wharton School report indicates that employers, in a move to reduce health care costs, will go after fat employees.

I can easily envision more of the following:

  • More disability discrimination complaints from employees who claim that their weight is the result of an immutable characteristic such as a thyroid problem.
  • Increased demands from employees for time-off to exercise.

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