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Sitting Down Might Kill You (especially if you’re a Woman)

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Are you sitting comfortably? It could be the death of you… especially if you are an office-based woman

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

I was very interested to learn at the weekend, from no less an authority than the Daily Mail, of a potential new type of claim that could be made against employers.

In the article published on Saturday, the Daily Mail reported that a research piece published in the American Journal of Epidemiology revealed that sitting down was bad for you – particularly if you’re a woman.

According to the report;

Swine Flu – should employers worry about being sued?

Thanks to Annabel Kaye of Irenicon (@AnnabelKaye) for bringing the article in MailOnline to my attention, via Twitter.  The full article can be found at www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articles-1201371/Bosses-risk-lawsuits-staff-swine-flu  .  Apparently, according to the Mail, employers need to be getting worried about the risk of being sued by employees who catch swine flu from doing their jobs .  The article quotes  lawyers and other commentators who  point out the risk of increased litigation.