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"Lazy obese" workers face office discriminationOverweight people miss out on jobs and are overlooked for promotion because employers think they are lazy, according to a British weight-loss organization.
![]() From a survey done by Slimming World of 2,000 British adults 18 years of age or older. (Of the 2,000 participants, approximately 227 were employers.) The survey explored the discrimination overweight people face in the workplace. Participants of the study were questioned about their attitudes toward obesity in the workplace. Their responses were matched to their Body Mass Index. Slimming World made a statement on its website that “individuals who are overweight are twice as likely to suffer bullying about their weight and six times more likely to feel their appearance has caused them to miss out on a promotion”. The survey found that only 16% of obese respondents said they feel co-workers support their effort to lose weight. On the other hand, 25% said they have received negative comments from co-workers about their weight at work. People who had a BMI 40+ (highest weight category) were four times as likely to “never” have high self-esteem and felt discouraged to apply for a job. Employers who were male were more discriminatory. Approximately 25% of male bosses said they would not hire an individual because of their weight and 1 in 10 said they have done so in the past. Posted by: suhujitha on 2010-01-17 19:55:43 Next post: Telus FAQ slip up: cranky employee or poor choice of placeholder copy? 2010-07-30 15:04:47 Other posts tagged obesity, discrimination, bullying:
· [City of San Francisco bans sale of sugary drinks in city-run vending machines] · [49% of UK workers feel bullied at work] · [Who is likely to become a bully, victim, or both?] · [Research links workplace bullying with ill-health] · [Work-related suicide and violence on the rise globally] · [Bullying at work worse than gender, racial harassment: Report] · [Race, gender remain workplace barriers in Ontario, Census data reveal] · [Less than one-third of EU firms are addressing work stress] · [Ontario employers face tough new violence in the workplace laws] · [Nurses say violence `part of the job`] Don't forget: there is a search box on every page! Recent Posts:Telus FAQ slip up: cranky employee or poor choice of placeholder copy?Techvibes has four theories on what went wrong on the Telus FAQ fiascoPosted by: danica on 2010-07-30 15:04:47 Odds of death by drugs, alcohol, or sexual habits can be predicted by your jobWhat you do for a living may shed light on how you will diePosted by: gisela on 2010-07-28 18:37:50 Alberta uses "immoral" incentives to deny WCB benefits to injured workers, says AFLAlberta WCB pays bonuses - averaging $5,600 a year - to staff who help the board reduce premiums. It also has highest workplace fatality rate.Posted by: gisela on 2010-07-25 20:23:37 American Cancer Society study also links sit-time to increased risk of deathYet another set of negative health outcomes that result from a sedentary lifestyle (see the blog tags at the end for more).Posted by: gisela on 2010-07-23 11:52:54 Employees with low literacy skills put selves, co-workers, and public at riskConference Board of Canada publishes results of two-year survey that shows improving literacy can literally save lives in the workplacePosted by: gisela on 2010-07-23 00:01:41 |
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