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zipplewrath

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9. I've seen this coming

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:03 PM

Mar 2012

My employer started with simple things like offering to pay half your gym fee. Then there as an incentive to attest to not being a smoker. Then they banned smoking on property. Next came their wellness program which offered "health dollars" if you participated with their "wellness" coach. Finally, there are "health dollars" which can be "earned" through the wearing of a pedometer.

They're going to start hitting Body Mass Index soon, I can just see it coming. They'll want to see your cholesteral next.

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More Employers Want To Penalize Their Workers For Unhealthy Habits [View all] FarCenter Mar 2012 OP

always remember: management is never your friend. nt xchrom Mar 2012 #1

In this case they are your "dutch uncle" FarCenter Mar 2012 #5

+1...n/t orwell Mar 2012 #10

... xchrom Mar 2012 #11

And people complain about government being all up in your lives. LetTimmySmoke Mar 2012 #2

Good. I hope they tell people they can't drink coffee or drink alcohol at home The Straight Story Mar 2012 #3

I totally support this. An employer and a multi-billion-dollar health-insurance corporation Brickbat Mar 2012 #4

Politicians certainly don't want to take on the unpopular task of actually cutting health costs! FarCenter Mar 2012 #6

This is another way to knock people with pre exsisting conditions. Lint Head Mar 2012 #7

�The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.� Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #8

I've seen this coming zipplewrath Mar 2012 #9

They did that with mine HockeyMom Mar 2012 #12