Wednesday, February 18, 2015

#NORTHERNIRELAND: Tribunal Rules That Obese Man Entitled To Disability Benefits

[world politics news]


A Belfast employment tribunal has found obese workers in Northern Ireland are entitled to the same protection as the disabled if they are subjected to humiliating, degrading or violating treatment. It follows a 2014 European Court of Justice ruling that obesity was not a disability - but they would be legally protected if they had a long-term impairment because of it.

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