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User ID: 60259483 United Kingdom 07/21/2014 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EU court wants to classify obesity as a disability [ link to online.wsj.com] BRUSSELS—The European Union's top court has said that morbid obesity could qualify as a disability if impacts on a person's ability to work, in an opinion that could have far-reaching implications for employers in Europe. The European Court of Justice was asked to assess whether being obese could qualify as a disability under EU employment rules, after a Danish childminder claimed he was dismissed unfairly because of his weight. Karsten Kaltoft had been working for 15 years looking after children in his own home in Billund, Denmark, when his contract was ended in 2010. Mr. Kaltoft claimed that the municipal authorities for which he worked dismissed him because of his weight, a charge denied by his employers. Throughout his employment Mr. Kaltoft never weighed less than 160 kilograms, and he was classified as obese. His complaint has attracted plenty of media attention and is seen by some as a test case for the treatment of obese employees in the EU. "It is the first time ever that a case has been brought at EU level regarding protection due to clinical obesity. This fact alone renders the case of general public importance," said Jacob Sand, attorney and partner at the Danish law firm Gorrissen Federspiel...50% rule |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 12680882 United States 07/21/2014 10:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: EU court wants to classify obesity as a disability |
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User ID: 59907859 United States 07/21/2014 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: EU court wants to classify obesity as a disability
Quoting: Dr. Ben Schillen I've seen more skinny people with casts on their legs riding those. When you find a piece of shit along side the road and you poke it with a stick, what do you expect to find inside of it, gold? No, it's just going to stink more. |
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User ID: 60259483 United Kingdom 07/21/2014 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: EU court wants to classify obesity as a disability
Quoting: Dr. Ben Schillen Honey Boo Boo and Mama June at 1:28!! |
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User ID: 658762 United States 07/21/2014 10:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: EU court wants to classify obesity as a disability
Quoting: Dr. Ben Schillen I've seen more skinny people with casts on their legs riding those. Quoting: nah-T i hate it when i see kids on those then a few minutes later an old person who can barely walk that needs one and cant get one because some dipsh!t let their kid play on it illumination
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