EU's Top Court May Define Obesity As a Disability

mrspoonsi (2955715) writes The EU's top court is considering a test case which could oblige employers to treat obesity as a disability. Denmark has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on the case of a male childminder who says he was sacked for being too fat. The court's final ruling will be binding across the EU. It is seen as especially significant because of rising obesity levels in Europe and elsewhere, including the US. If the judges decide it is a disability then employers could face new obligations. Employers might in future have a duty to create reserved car parking spaces for obese staff, or adjust the office furniture for them, she said.

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Re:Please make it a mental one

[theshowmecanuck]

So now being undisciplined is a mental disability. Give me a fucking break. 70 years and more ago, there weren't such a shitload of obese people. Then again their weren't Doritos, Cheezy Poofs, TVs, computers, or game consoles. Kids didn't automatically get cars when they were 16, and most people took the bus or walked. We don't change that much in such a relatively short evolutionary time. If there were a mental disability causing people to be fat now, it would have existing then. Lack of activity and too many calories is the cause, so stop making politically fucking correct excuses.