[vooch]

People who are very overweight are ticking time bombs vis a vie a health care and disability and workers comp costs.

Ditto for smokers, I have not hired a smoker in perhaps 2 decades.

It is a perfectly rational approach to screen out candidates for these issues.

[caww]

Drug tests too?

[usurper]

People who are very overweight are ticking time bombs vis a vie a health care and disability and workers comp costs.

It also is a good demonstration at someones personal pride and self respect. If some one putts no effort into their personal appearance its a good bet they will bring the same effort to the job.

[angry elephant]

It is a perfectly rational approach to screen out candidates for these issues.

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Years ago when I attended the University of Washington they had weight restrictions on new students. It was the belief at the time that taxpayers should not bear the freight of educating a very heavy young person who would likely not be employable.

Apparently it was not common knowledge. I would not have even known about it if I had not heard it from a fellow high school student who had to lose 80 pounds the summer before he could be admitted. He was a brilliant student, about six feet tall who maybe weighed 280 before losing weight.

Of course that assuredly is not the case now with all the fat high school students. I’m sure it would be considered discrimination to have young people slim down before throwing money at them.