Ethics in Weight Discrimination
The U.S has written many laws to help keep discrimination from affecting a person’s chances at landing a job. However, there are still some things that you can discriminate on when people come in for an interview. Things like weight are still being discriminated against as we can see from these 2 court cases. One is from the State of Michigan, the only state that doesn’t allow discrimination against weight, where a waitress for Hooter’s successfully sued after she was placed on probation for gaining weight. The next case from New Jersey, has multiple waitresses lose a lawsuit against their employer after being fired for gaining weight. From these 2 lawsuits, we will look at the circumstances behind the 2 cases
The U.S has written many laws to help keep discrimination from affecting a person’s chances at landing a job. However, there are still some things that you can discriminate on when people come in for an interview. Things like weight are still being discriminated against as we can see from these 2 court cases. One is from the State of Michigan, the only state that doesn’t allow discrimination against weight, where a waitress for Hooter’s successfully sued after she was placed on probation for gaining weight. The next case from New Jersey, has multiple waitresses lose a lawsuit against their employer after being fired for gaining weight. From these 2 lawsuits, we will look at the circumstances behind the 2 cases