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Lifestyle discrimination in the workplace & its implications

Lifestyle discrimination in the workplace & its implications. Michelle Wang. Lifestyle discrimination. Discrimination because of conduct and behaviors off the job Smoking not hiring smokers/nicotine screenings Being overweight “voluntary” health assessments. Who is affected?.

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Lifestyle discrimination in the workplace & its implications

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  1. Lifestyle discrimination in the workplace & its implications Michelle Wang

  2. Lifestyle discrimination • Discrimination because of conduct and behaviors off the job • Smoking • not hiring smokers/nicotine screenings • Being overweight • “voluntary” health assessments

  3. Who is affected? • People of color are targeted by these forms of lifestyle discrimination in the workplace • Rhetoric surrounding discrimination • Who smokes? • What it means to be “healthy” • Biopower Source: Center for Disease Control

  4. conclusion • Discrimination against smokers and the overweight in the workplace is not about concern for employees’ health • People of color are disproportionately impacted by these lifestyle discriminations • There are better determinants of health than whether one smokes or what one eats • Social determinants of health

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