How Weight Bias Can Hurt a Career

Jul 31, 2023, 07:00 AM

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Studies show that heavier people are paid and promoted less than their thinner colleagues. Wall Street Journal reporter Ray A. Smith joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss the financial impact that can have on overweight workers, and what companies and lawmakers are doing to address weight bias at work.

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Studies show that heavier people are paid and promoted less than their thinner colleagues. Wall Street Journal reporter Ray A. Smith joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss the financial impact that can have on overweight workers, and what companies and lawmakers are doing to address weight bias at work.


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