Two recent court rulings have employers on edge about employees with serious weight problems because one little accident may force them to pay thousands to get the weight off. That's what's happened to an Indiana pizza shop, which was ordered to pay for a 340-pound employee's weight-loss surgery to ensure the success of a separate operation for a work-related back injury. The ruling mirrors a similar case in Oregon. The rulings are a sign of things to come, warn management-side lawyers.
September 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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