<p>It looks like EU employers will have to provide adequate accommodations for very large folks:</p>
<p><a href=“Obesity 'could be a disability' - EU courts rule - BBC News ”>http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30529791</a></p> ;
<p>Interesting analysis:</p>
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Today’s ruling was of great interest to employers across Europe. The judgement makes no direct link between Body Mass Index and obesity, but is a powerful statement that an obese worker whose weight hinders their performance at work is entitled to disability protection. </p>
<p>That will mean employers must, on a case by case basis, make reasonable adjustments such as providing larger chairs or special car parking, and protect such employees from verbal harassment.</p>
<p>But there are wider implications. Providers of goods and services such as shops, cinemas and restaurants will also have to make reasonable adjustments for their customers, which might include things like special seating arrangements. </p>
<p>The key concept here is that adjustments must be “reasonable” - so it may be deemed reasonable for a Premier League football club to make two seats available for someone disabled through obesity, but not for a small, non-league club.
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<p>What about airlines? You really have to wonder. Will the US follow the lead? </p>
Mom0f3
December 19, 2014, 2:53am
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<p>Southwest already has a very reasonable “customers of size” policy that allows a customer to use two seats without extra cost as long as a seat is available, but they may need to pay for the extra seat or take another flight that is less crowded if the flight is full. </p>
atomom
December 19, 2014, 5:20am
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<p>“But there are wider implications.”
<p>There could be heavy consequences for companies that don’t grasp the enormity of the court’s ruling.</p>
<p>Seems like massive overreach of a court w an inflated sense of purpose.</p>
<p>The Eurozone is already bulging with a huge body of inane regulations. </p>