Reply #39: Hmm... can they fire people who overeat?

[SmokingJacket]

"We examined your urine and see that you've exceeded your quota of transfats. Why should we have to pay if you have a heart attack? You're fired!!"

It's no different.

Can they put a little device in your car that will radio the company and tell them you're speeding? Because if you die in a car accident, they'll have to pay higher insurance costs.

I hope these companies don't get away with this. What a terrible precedent.

(When I was a teenager, I was so appalled at the idea of drug testing I vowed *never* to take a drug test for a job that I didn't feel justified it (for airline pilots etc it's different), even though I've never taken an illegal drug in my life. Good thing I'm self-employed, because I wouldn't be hired now.)