We readily conceded that our recent post concerning the Hooters waitress placed on “weight probation” was “not your typical weight discrimination” case. Here is a more typical one, which also addresses whether an employer may consider the “worst case scenario,” so to speak, in determining whether an employee is a qualified individual with a
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Within Range But Overweight? Not Your Typical Weight Discrimination Case
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
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Some call obesity the next smoking, meaning that now that employers have had a multi-faceted attack on reducing health costs related to smoking, they will move on to obesity. The CDC reports that about 40% of U.S. adults are obese, while about 20% of adults smoke. The rate of obesity has been…