EU: ECJ to define whether obesity can amount to a disability and therefore covered by Community law against discrimination

In a case concerning a Danish worker blaming his employer for firing him because he was obese, and therefore discriminating against his disability, Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen suggests that the Court answers that EU law doesn’t ban employers from discriminating on the grounds of obesity but not when it is severe and therefore amounts to a disability. In this case, the plaintiff can claim discrimination on these grounds.