Should CVS Force Workers to Reveal Weight?

Is it fair for companies to ask employees to divulge their weight as part of their benefits programs?

CVS pharmacy chain has informed its employees they must reveal their weight, height, body fat and blood pressure to the company's insurance provider, or face a $600 annual penalty.

Some say this is an invasion of privacy and unfair, while others say it's common practice for employers to encourage employees to take part in incentives programs.

Tell us what you think. Is it fair for companies to force employees to provide their weight? 

CVS spokesman Michael DeAngelis defended his company's position in an email to The Huffington Post, saying that the company will not have access to the information, which instead will be reviewed by the firm overseeing CVS's benefits program.

“Our benefits program is evolving to help our colleagues engage more actively to improve their health and manage health-associated costs,” DeAngelis told The Huffington Post. 

Practices like this could become more common, The Huffington Post article predicted, with the health care reform law, or Obamacare, allowing employers to levy such penalties. 

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