Nigeria: EU Court - Obesity Can Be a Form of Work Disability

18 December 2014

Obesity can be considered a disability under EU employment law, the bloc's top court ruled on Thursday, in a case relating to an overweight Danish man who claims he was unfairly fired.

Karsten Kaltoft had worked for 15 years as a childminder, looking after children in his home in Billund, western Denmark, before he lost his job in 2010.

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