Macbeth
Banned
+2,444|5873

Court: Employer must pay for weight-loss surgery
An Indiana court has ruled that a pizza shop must pay for a 340-pound employee's weight-loss surgery to ensure the success of another operation for a back injury he suffered at work — raising concern among businesses bracing for more such claims.

The Indiana Court of Appeals decision, coupled with a recent Oregon court ruling, could make employers think twice before hiring workers with health conditions that might cost their companies thousands of dollars at a shot down the road.

"This kind of situation will happen again ... and employers are undoubtedly worried about that," said Lewis Maltby, president of the National Workrights Institute in Princeton, N.J., an offshoot of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Well besides the smell, nasty habits, unattractive features, and slowness you now have to worry about lawsuits when you hire fat people for a job.
ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|6936

Whaaaaaat.
Harmor
Error_Name_Not_Found
+605|6836|San Diego, CA, USA
Why do I feel that Obamacare will levy taxes on fatty food?  Its would just be a tax on the poor.
mtb0minime
minimember
+2,418|6942

You're gonna get sued regardless. Hire the fat guy and pay for his health costs. Or not hire him because of his weight and get sued over discrimination. Fucking retarded.
Zukabazuka
Member
+23|6973
Well can't you just say this guy will do a better job than you or I already found a person who could do this job. If they are gonna sue over that then yeah system is fucked.
xBlackPantherx
Grow up, or die
+142|6630|California
Just wow beth. Simple generalization and stereotyping continues to shock me. Albeit not as much as it used to. Same ol' same ol' I suppose.
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6692|North Carolina
I gotta be honest here.  As an employer, if I had to choose between two people of seemingly equal ability and experience, but one was healthy and the other was sickly (whether through obesity or not), I'd hire the healthy person.

Maybe that's not particularly nice, but it is practical.
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6755
I was at Wall-Mart yesterday and there were these two fat people on scooters. I lol first but then srs'd up and did a facepalm swastika.
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5989|College Park, MD
we also shouldn't hire hispanics because they might be illegal and it'd be a real headache dealing with USCIS

we also shouldn't hire poor people because crime and poverty are pretty well-linked

we also shouldn't hire women because their PMS may be a hindrance to workplace efficiency

christ
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FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6698|'Murka

Y G B F S M.

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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5989|College Park, MD

FEOS wrote:

Y G B F S M.
wat
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FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6698|'Murka

You
Gotta
Be
Fucking
Shitting
Me

A play on the Wild Weasel slogan "Y G B S M".

protip: Spaces prevent unintended lowercase letters.

Last edited by FEOS (2009-09-14 19:09:34)

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,817|6393|eXtreme to the maX
They're fat.
Why would you need another reason?
Fuck Israel

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