“Europe’s highest court ruled obesity “can constitute a disability” under the European Union’s equality at work legislation, meaning that European employers must treat overweight workers as “disabled.”
Under the Employment Equality Directive, bosses must provide obese employees with larger seats, special parking spaces and other facilities to accommodate their “disability,” the Telegraph reported Thursday.”
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