Eliminate the safety risk – sack the worker
A curious workplace safety and industrial relations issue has appeared in the Golden Circle factory in Queensland as reported in the Courier-Mail. 57-year-old forklift driver, Lance Pedersen has been sacked because he was found to be morbidly obese and with osteoarthritis in his knees. The newspaper article raises many personnel management issues and there are sure to be more issues that … Continue reading “Eliminate the safety risk – sack the worker”