Employers, GINA, and Family Medical History

Published for Coates' Canons on September 06, 2011.

A supervisor overhears one employee tell another that her mother has developed breast cancer.  In that inadvertent way, the supervisor—and therefore the employer—has acquired genetic information about the employee.  Under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), the acquisition of genetic … Read more

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