"Bad health" should be a legal reason for dismissal, according to Dutch employers. They want the right to hold employees accountable for their bad smoking, drinking, or eating habits. But unions say it's up to the employees whether or not they take care of themselves.
Research shows that more than 50 percent of employers think their staff are becoming less and less healthy. Forty percent of employers in small- to mid-sized companies want to fire people for this reason. They want to implement an active health policy, in the form of anti-smoking programmes and discounts on gym memberships.
But the unions think that it's up to the employees whether or not they want invest in their own health.
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Yes, you are right that it totally depend upon the employees whether or not they take care of their health but to keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
Yes, you are right that it totally depend upon the employees whether or not they take care of their health but to keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
Example and community consensus are far better modifiers of behavior than threats. Many of our most problematic health issues at this time are social diseases that we catch from our parents and friends: tobacco, alcohol excess, obesity, poor dietary habits and venereal diseases that lead to cancer of the cervix and mouth. When these social behaviors become as unacceptable as pederasty and health insurance fees are increased for those who practice them we will then see change. Honey always gets more flies than vinegar. Peer pressure is one of the most potent forms of behavior modification, a variant of "I am my brother's keeper."
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