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Last week, Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Nelson Johnson ruled that waitresses at a New Jersey casino can be fired for putting on weight,
potentially setting a dangerous precedent for other workplace discrimination cases, experts say.
The 22 women behind the suit, known as the “Borgata Babes” targeted a policy at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa that barred them from gaining more than 7% of their original body weight, as Time notes:
The “babes” argued that the casino viewed them as nothing but sex objects and were forced to endure frequent weigh-ins and were even suspended when they gained excessive weight,
which could not be 7 percent more than their initial weight when they were hired.
The court essentially told the cocktail waitresses that they knew what they were getting into by citing the application process for future “babes,” which stated that the positions were “part fashion model, part beverage server, part charming host and hostess.
FULL STORY HERE
potentially setting a dangerous precedent for other workplace discrimination cases, experts say.
The 22 women behind the suit, known as the “Borgata Babes” targeted a policy at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa that barred them from gaining more than 7% of their original body weight, as Time notes:
The “babes” argued that the casino viewed them as nothing but sex objects and were forced to endure frequent weigh-ins and were even suspended when they gained excessive weight,
which could not be 7 percent more than their initial weight when they were hired.
The court essentially told the cocktail waitresses that they knew what they were getting into by citing the application process for future “babes,” which stated that the positions were “part fashion model, part beverage server, part charming host and hostess.
FULL STORY HERE
