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=Healthism - A New Form of Discrimination?= | |||
==2014: [https://ilr.law.uiowa.edu/print/volume-99-issue-2/healthism-and-the-law-of-employment-discrimination/ Healthism and the Law of Employment Discrimination]== | |||
*What if employers could use personal (legal) choices related to our wellness to make decisions regarding whether to hire us? Recently, employers around the country attempted to do just that. | |||
*Nicotine | |||
*Body mass index (“BMI”)—a medical heuristic—uses a person’s height and weight to approximate their amount of body fat. | |||
*Legal lifestyle choices | |||
*Off duty alcohol | |||
*Cholesterol | |||
*Blood Pressure | |||
*Insurance premiums | |||
==[https://www.aclu.org/other/lifestyle-discrimination-workplace-your-right-privacy-under-attack Lifestyle Discrimination in the Workplace: Your Right to Privacy Under Attack ]== | |||
*Private employers are using the power of the paycheck to tell their employees what they can and cannot do in the privacy of their own homes. | |||
*Virtually every lifestyle choice we make has some health-related consequence. Where do we draw the line as to what an employer can regulate? Should an employer be able to forbid an employee from going skiing? or riding a bicycle? or sunbathing on a Saturday afternoon? All of these activities entail a health risk. | |||
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