Studies have shown some managers have a bias against those employees who are overweight. So you might think a former police sergeant could have a case against his former department when he says he was denied promotions because he was considered too fat. But there’s more to the story.

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Tags: harassment, lawsuit, overweight employees, promotion denied

If you asked managers at your company to name types of employment discrimination, they might answer age, gender, racial or disability. What they might not guess is the fourth-largest type of discrimination, according to a new survey.

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Tags: ADA, employment discrimination, overweight employees, severe obesity