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Obesity as a ground of Termination of Employment?

Obesity as ground of Termination of Employment?

The pervasiveness of weight has drastically expanded over the globe and has become a significant general concern. Obesity is an all-around perceived hazard factor for different ailments, including cardiovascular sicknesses and other various diseases.

PNP Chief Police General Archie Francisco Gamboa has set out an operation and rules against fat cops. This tackles obesity or being an overweight police general must go on a yogurt diet to lose somebody’s fats.  Additionally, PGen Archie Francisco Gamboa said that he would authorize firm requirements on the ideal weight.

To guarantee that all personnel will follow on the said rule, Gamboa declared that they will ban from going to training to different types of schooling if you don’t follow the rule. Moreover, this said to be for professional success and advancement. 

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PGen Gamboa stated that you (pnp personnel) will be denied schooling until you comply with the BMI requirements. Gamboa added that other high-positioning police authorities are incorporated, from the highest position down to non-commissioned officers.

The escalated weight loss program by the PNP is with the order of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, putting accentuation on physical readiness for cops. He also added that, as police, we need to have healthy skills. How might we pursue things that are not truly fit?

Another case has been depicted as an odd story of a steward who was rejected as a result of his inability to cling to the weight guidelines of the aircraft organization. With the goal that it can keep up flight security, Philippines Airlines (PAL) has the option to fire an overweight steward. Associate Justice Reyes of the court’s Third Division avowed the end of Armando Yrasuegi as PAL steward as he neglected to keep his weight, done within a hearing in the Supreme Court and he was terminated by not following the rule. It sounds prejudicial however the Court found that it was most certainly not.

Furthermore, it looks negative at some point if you’re obese. The WHO (World Health Organization 2017) said that there is an additional investigation between the relationship between body weight and work relation. However, this must be still followed if you wanted to be a part of the PNP and on some flight companies. This sort of requirement may somewhat harm you at a point but this critiques health which must be followed as to implement well your responsibilities.