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This article explores the issue of lifestyle discrimination in the workplace, focusing on behaviors such as smoking and being overweight. It discusses how people of color are disproportionately affected by these forms of discrimination, and challenges the notion that these discriminatory practices are centered around concern for employees' health. The article also examines the social determinants of health and suggests better determinants than smoking or dietary habits.
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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? • 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
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
