People of non-ideal-weight (overweight or severely underweight) are subjected to discrimination, in the workplace and elsewhere, based on attitudinal assumptions and negative inferences from their membership of a group, such as that they are insufficiently self-motivated to make good employees. But is that discrimination unlawful in the UK? The Equality Act 2010 offers only a very tenuous route for protection, because the Act is based largely on a ‘medical model’ of disability. EU law, which embraces a ‘social model’ of disability, drawing from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, offers more, at least in theory. But the mechanisms for enforcing individual EU law rights mean that entitlements in EU law are likely to...
Part I will examine past and present attitudes regarding obesity in US society and will discuss the ...
In this chapter I argue that even if – as popular prejudice suggests – it were possible to make infe...
Few jurisdictions provide legal protection against discrimination on the basis of weight despite evi...
Anti-discrimination legislation based on disability has been in existence in the United Kingdom sinc...
This article analyses and compares research into discrimination based on weight (weightism) and the ...
Anti-discrimination legislation based on disability has been in existence in the United Kingdom sinc...
Walker and Karsten are two important decisions in disability discrimination law – not solely on the ...
A concomitant increase has been observed between the prevalence of obesity and the stigmatization an...
Obesity discrimination in employment and recruitment has become a topic of focus for research examin...
Obesity discrimination in employment and recruitment has become a topic of focus for research examin...
Protection against obesity discrimination is extremely limited under the Americans with Disabilities...
Analysing the position of whether obesity can be framed as a disability within the European Framewor...
Part I of the Note discusses the existence of employment discrimination against the overweight and t...
According to 2012 OECD data, 52% of EU adults are overweight or obese. It is thus not surprising tha...
South African labour law is forever evolving to address new issues in the modern workplace. One such...
Part I will examine past and present attitudes regarding obesity in US society and will discuss the ...
In this chapter I argue that even if – as popular prejudice suggests – it were possible to make infe...
Few jurisdictions provide legal protection against discrimination on the basis of weight despite evi...
Anti-discrimination legislation based on disability has been in existence in the United Kingdom sinc...
This article analyses and compares research into discrimination based on weight (weightism) and the ...
Anti-discrimination legislation based on disability has been in existence in the United Kingdom sinc...
Walker and Karsten are two important decisions in disability discrimination law – not solely on the ...
A concomitant increase has been observed between the prevalence of obesity and the stigmatization an...
Obesity discrimination in employment and recruitment has become a topic of focus for research examin...
Obesity discrimination in employment and recruitment has become a topic of focus for research examin...
Protection against obesity discrimination is extremely limited under the Americans with Disabilities...
Analysing the position of whether obesity can be framed as a disability within the European Framewor...
Part I of the Note discusses the existence of employment discrimination against the overweight and t...
According to 2012 OECD data, 52% of EU adults are overweight or obese. It is thus not surprising tha...
South African labour law is forever evolving to address new issues in the modern workplace. One such...
Part I will examine past and present attitudes regarding obesity in US society and will discuss the ...
In this chapter I argue that even if – as popular prejudice suggests – it were possible to make infe...
Few jurisdictions provide legal protection against discrimination on the basis of weight despite evi...