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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by chrisseaton on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:33AM (#13295831)
> The plus side is that your employer simply does not give a damn about your lifestyle choices.

Employers still want you to be healthy because they don't want you taking days off work sick. In-service death benefits from heart attacks or whatever could be hundreds of thousands of euros and they still pay them even if you have a national health service. It's probably cheaper to pay for a gym than sick days and in-death benefits.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by mamon on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:32AM (#13296033)
You are partialy right, some employers will still care about your well being, but the point is that

1. Not all employers will care, and that fact alone gives you some choice.

2. Even employers that do care can only encourage you to live healty lifestyle but cannot punish you for not following their recomendations (financialy or otherwise)

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