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…a free employment law blog? I read this recent federal court decision about an employee who alleged that his employer discriminated against him based on his disability (morbid obesity) when…
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Is Skee Lo’s height a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act? #IWishIWasALittleBitTaller
…being short would not be a disability without an underlying physiological disorder. We often see this in morbid obesity cases where the plaintiff claims that an underlying disability caused the…
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…individuals and those with serious underlying health conditions. Those include high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, and those whose immune system is compromised, such as by chemotherapy…
And you know what else isn’t an ADA disability? Morbid obesity, says another federal court.
…Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, please explain to my readers (from this opinion) why, in this particular instance, the plaintiff’s morbid obesity was not an ADA disability: [E]ven assuming…
You’re worried that an obese applicant may later develop diabetes. Can you refuse to hire him?
Renée Gordon (FDA), Victovoi [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsLast night, I read this recent Seventh Circuit opinion about a man who applied for a job with a…
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…if you’d like to participate. I’ve written here about obesity as an ADA disability. Recently, the Seventh Circuit concluded that obesity alone is not a disability; although, obesity may be…
HR, here’s what you need to know when determining whether your employee’s obesity is an ADA disability.
Image by Mary Pahlke from Pixabay Another court has ‘weighed in’ on whether obesity is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Hey, who just took revoked my…
Looks can be deceiving. Morbid obesity isn’t necessarily a disability.
…obstructive sleep apnea, morbid obesity, chronic congestive heart failure, myocardial systolic dysfunction, and other conditions.” Yet, at summary judgment, the lower court concluded that the plaintiff did not have a…
Can you refuse to hire a person whom you fear may have a future disability?
…by itself, is a not a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Specifically, the court concluded that “for obesity, even morbid obesity, to be considered a physical impairment, it must…
Can you legally fire an employee for extreme gas?
…of the known disability of an individual with whom the qualified individual is known to have a relationship or association. In this particular case, the plaintiff’s husband suffered from obesity,…