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Obesity Discrimination
226 published works
Employee Benefits
Beyond BMI: Workplace Bias and Weight-Loss Drugs
By Tracey Diamond, Emily Schifter, Lynne Wakefield
In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter examine the evolving issue of weight discrimination in the workplace. Joined by Lynne Wakefield, a partner in…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Beyond BMI: Workplace Bias and Weight-Loss Drugs
By Tracey Diamond, Emily Schifter, Lynne Wakefield
In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter examine the evolving issue of weight discrimination in the workplace. Joined by Lynne Wakefield, a partner in…
ML BeneBits
GLP-1 Coverage, Obesity, and the ADA: What Employer Health Plan Sponsors Need to Know
By Morgan Lewis
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound have reshaped the landscape of diabetes and obesity treatment and quickly become one of the most significant cost…
Understanding the ADA
Cases/Developments to Watch
I thought I would do a different kind of blog entry this week. With the new administration, there have been so many dizzying developments. Also, the EEOC recently filed a…
California Employment Law Report
Obesity May Qualify As a Disability Under California Law
In Cornell v. Berkeley Tennis Club, Plaintiff Ketryn Cornell alleged that her obesity should qualify as a disability under California law. Ketryn Cornell began working part-time for the Berkeley Tennis…
The Right Coast
Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the data say
The prominence of gastrointestinal cancers and the coincidence with dietary changes in many countries point to the rising rates of obesity and diets rich in processed foods as likely culprits…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Obesity as a Disability Under the Americans With Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects most job applicants and employees from discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on disability. While employers are likely familiar with many of the physical…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Is Obesity a Disability Under Texas Law?
Most employers in Texas are likely aware that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA), which is similar to the ADA, protect…
The Right Coast
Obesity should be reclassified as a brain disorder: doctors
A new study has prompted some doctors to reconsider how obesity is classified.Currently, it is treated as a behavioral disease, but doctors are now suggesting that it be considered a…
The Right Coast
Choose obesity to promote equity HotAir
Fat acceptance is a thing. And no, I am not talking about a movement to treat people dealing with weight issues kindly. I am talking about a pro-obesity movement.via hotair.comI…