Study: Fat Workers Cost Employers More

April 23rd, 2007 in Medicine & Health / Other
Study: Fat Workers Cost Employers More (AP)

Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers' compensation claims as their fit co-workers. (AP GRAPHIC)

(AP) -- Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers' compensation claims as their fit co-workers.

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