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Overweight? Prepare to Pay Up

With health-care costs rising, some large employers are taking radical new steps to cut corners: They're charging overweight employees a fee if they don't slim down. It's a strategy companies have used for years with smokers, which has many people wondering whether these heavy-handed employer tactics are a sign of things to come. It's not necessarily the wave of the future. While controlling costs is paramount for any business, the happiness and morale of its work force are also quite...Full Story
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