Obesity can lead to disability sez EU court

snubbleste

The ECJ was asked to consider the case of a 160kg male childminder in Denmark who says he was sacked for being too fat.
Judges said that obesity in itself was not a disability - but if a person had a long term impairment because of their obesity, then they would be protected by disability legislation. The ruling is binding across the EU.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30529791/

Oh noes. Ireland has a big obesity problem. What happens next?
Live to eat or Eat to live?

GarIT

Not being able to control yourself is a disability now. Just wow.

MarkR

snubbleste wrote: »

Oh noes. Ireland has a big obesity problem. What happens next?
Live to eat or Eat to live?

Are you a cat?

whiskeyman

time to buy a muumuu

Tokyo

Christ.... actually read the article before posting threads titled "Obesity now a disability sez EU court"
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30529791

Obesity can constitute a disability in certain circumstances, the EU's highest court has ruled.

Judges said that obesity in itself was not a disability - but if a person had a long term impairment because of their obesity, then they would be protected by disability legislation.


"The European Court of Justice has ruled that obesity itself is not a disability, but that the effects of it can be.

"As such, workers who suffer from, for example, joint problems, depression, or diabetes - specifically because of their size - will be protected by the European Equal Treatment Framework Directive and cannot be dismissed because of their weight."

Paz-CCFC

Thread Title: "Obesity now a disability"

Second sentence of quoted article: "Judges said that obesity in itself was not a disability"

Mr. CooL ICE

I find that hard to digest. Must wash it down with a bottle of coke.

Robbo

GarIT wrote: »

Not being able to control yourself is a disability now. Just wow.

Alcoholism has long been accepted here as having the potential to be a seen as a disability in employment law matters.

Robbo

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Thread Title: "Obesity now a disability"

Second sentence of quoted article: "Judges said that obesity in itself was not a disability"

You insensitive bastard, poor reading comprehension and pandering to UKIP types have previously been recognised as disabilities at the Court of Public Opinion.

snubbleste

But seriously though, someone could go and make themselves fat in order to prevent themselves getting a job because of unfitness or some other complication brought about by their own gluttony.

Beano

snubbleste wrote: »

But seriously though, someone could go and make themselves fat in order to prevent themselves getting a job because of unfitness or some other complication brought about by their own gluttony.

somebody should make a tv show about that.

Thread title updated

Hande hoche!

Must invest in a Hawaiian shirt manufacturer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOTQq9H1EE

ScumLord

GarIT wrote: »

Not being able to control yourself is a disability now. Just wow.

Well I thought that would be a given. Not being able to control yourself is a bit different from just overeating.

Someone with OCD can find it very difficult to control themselves, addicts the same, there are many conditions where people find it hard to control their compulsions and it can be debilitating.

CrazyRabbit

Being unwilling to control your intake of food is not a disability.
Being unwilling to exercise is not a disability.

Saying that, there are medical causes of obesity that are beyond the control of those afflicted.