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2/23/2005

Casino is right!

Filed under: — Russian Guy @ 2:05 pm

“The weight policy, which Borgata has said applies to about 160 cocktail servers and 50 male costumed beverage servers, gives the casino the power to suspend or fire anyone in those jobs who gains more than 7 percent of their weight.”

“Borgata officials say the seductively dressed female cocktail servers - officially dubbed Borgata Babes - are a key element of the casino’s brand image and that the weight restrictions are legal, fair and necessary.”

“”Here they’ve made a bold assumption that weight is associated with job performance. It’s an absurd assumption and it violates state and federal civil rights laws,” Urbano said.”

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I don’t know much about American employee’s rights and law, but when I spend my money in the Las Vegas casinos I would prefer to see “the seductively dressed female cocktail servers” more than fat “costumed beverage servers” whose “weight is NOT associated with job performance.”

According to McNally’s logic Broadway’s theaters have no right to fire dancers who gain weight.