Bill to Ban Credit Checks in Hiring Process

[andy753]

I totally agree. Someone with a 700 credit score is obviously a better employee than someone with a 565. Also, we should check bank accounts. The more money you have, the better employee you are. Then, we can start checking peoples body fat percentage, because if you care about your body, you will care about your job. Then, we should see what kind of grades you got in elementary school, because......

Some people are idiots.

 

[MaggieMae]

I totally agree. Someone with a 700 credit score is obviously a better employee than someone with a 565. Also, we should check bank accounts. The more money you have, the better employee you are. Then, we can start checking peoples body fat percentage, because if you care about your body, you will care about your job. Then, we should see what kind of grades you got in elementary school, because......

Some people are idiots.

Overweight people ARE discriminated against, albeit subtly. Perhaps one of the reasons is this study (gleaned from a fascinating list of other statistics to browse):

Fat people are less productive, taking more time off work because of illnesses, and producing less, equal to 22 days of lost production per year for the morbidly obese. Annual health-care costs of obesity in America rose from $74 billion in 1998 to $147 billion in 2008.
The Obesity Society, 2009 conference paper
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & RTI International, 2009 study

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