''Their eyes immediately dart down to my belly. Then, there's a brief look of shock. And then they want to get me out of their office as quickly as possible.'' That’s what happens when 390-pound Robert Diaz walks in the door for a job interview. Discrimination against obese people is nothing new. In fact, employment lawyers say it has been on the rise since the economy tightened. Luckily for people like Mr. Diaz, obese people are slowly gaining protection under many states’ disability laws. The human rights laws now recognize obesity as a disability and forbid employers to discriminate against such workers. Hopefully, employers will now become more wary of making comments to job seekers about their weight, even in a joking manner.
Joachim Dierckens
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