Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Bloomberg Businessweek
Abstract
Professor Brad Areheart was interviewed for a Bloomberg feature on weight discrimination. From the article: “When judges or lawmakers weigh who’s covered by existing civil rights laws or who they should be expanded to protect, a frequent concern is the question of what’s called immutability, meaning whether the trait that’s the subject of the discrimination is one a person can’t change. That poses a challenge with weight, which many Americans see largely as a matter of individual choices and discipline. In that respect, weight is comparable to credit history or criminal records, both of which the government has been hesitant to ban employers from judging workers on, says University of Tennessee law professor Brad Areheart.”
Publication Date
3-15-2022
Recommended Citation
Eidelson, Josh and Areheart, Bradley, "Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat" (2022). Tennessee Law in the News. 19.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/in_the_news/19