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Weighed At Work Triggered Eating Disorder
- A municipal employee reported being weighed at work, triggering eating disorder distress and privacy concerns.
- The experience shows how invasive employer-run health checks can be for vulnerable staff.
Wellness Is Ubiquitous And Undefined
- Workplace wellness is extremely widespread, with 92% of US employers offering programs and a multi-billion dollar industry behind them.
- There is no fixed definition, so programs range from a poster about fruits to aggressive biometric incentives.
Stores Paid Or Discounted Employees By BMI
- Whole Foods and Tony's Chocolonely offered pay or discounts tied to employee BMI, publicly exposing weight-based pay differentials.
- Those policies created visible workplace discrimination and later sparked backlash and changes.