article_snippet.sent: The findings come in the wake of a European court case brought by unions and lawyers on behalf of 25st childminder Karsten Kaltoft, 50, who claimed he was sacked by he local authority in Denmark in 2010 for being too fat.
article_snippet.sent: In December European judges ruled that obesity qualified as a disability if it 'hinders the full and effective participation of the person... on an equal basis with other workers', when doing other workers job.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year the European Court of Justice's
article_snippet.sent: advocate general, Niilo Jaaskinen, who advises the European Court of Justice's, suggested that very severe obesity – classified as a BMI of more than 40 – could be considered a disability.
article_snippet.sent: But yesterday's ruling does not state what level of obesity would be classed as 'disabled'.
article_snippet.sent: yesterday's ruling stated: 'It is for the European Court of Justice's to determine whether [an individual's] obesity falls within the definition of 'disability'.'
article_snippet.sent: Ms Sunderland said following the case, 'the case appears on the face of the case that the odds are against you getting a job if you are overweight'. '
article_snippet.sent: Given the ruling at the European Courts of Justice, employers now have to find way to accommodate obese workers who fall within this definition of 'disability', while larger job applicants need to ensure larger job applicants are not discriminated against, Ms Sunderland said.
article_snippet.sent: In December European judges ruled that obesity qualified as a disability, after a case brought by unions and lawyers on behalf of 25st childminder Karsten Kaltoft, 50, pictured, who claimed he was sacked by he local authority in Denmark in 2010 for being too fat .
article_snippet.sent: More than half of employers questioned were unaware that if an obese person tells an employer about More than half of employers questioned long-term conditions at interview and the company does not employ More than half of employers questioned, the applicant could try to claim disability discrimination on the basis the applicant obesity prevented an obese person tells an employer about their long-term conditions at interview and the company does not employ them being employed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Comes after European court ruled obesity is a disability after 25st Danish childminder claimed Danish childminder was sacked by local authority because Danish childminder was fat .
  