If “sex, pregnancy or maternity leave, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status or gender reassignment” are prohibited grounds, overweight employees can still sue on disability, not to mention there’s a world of other diseases that could make one look or feel “ugly”…but why can’t employees take responsibility for their own actions and deal with discrimination if they don’t take the effort to make themselves presentable? Smokers, you’re next.

I’m just analyzing it from an American, social Darwinist p.o.v., but common sense and humility should remain in the workplace. A nation of laws puts drunks behind bars, so it would be hypocritical to help those who WON’T help themselves.