This......Is.....STUPID!

[patgund]

Workers told to shape up or pay up

"Looking for new ways to trim the fat and boost workers' health, some employers are starting to make overweight employees pay if they don't slim down.

Others, citing growing medical costs tied to obesity, are offering fit workers lucrative incentives that shave thousands of dollars a year off healthcare premiums.

In one of the boldest moves yet, an Indiana-based hospital chain last month said it decided on the stick rather than the carrot. Starting in 2009, Clarian Health Partners will charge employees as much as $30 every two weeks unless they meet weight, cholesterol and blood-pressure guidelines that the company deems healthy."

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[marymont.livejournal.com]

This has got to be illegal. You can't discriminate against someone on the grounds of a physical ailment, and fining an employee for a physical ailment is just that.

I expect to hear the lawsuits popping up all over.