Did You Know The EEOC Enforces Complaints About Employers' Misuse of Genetic Information?

Many people know that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) investigates claims of workplace discrimination related to an employee's race, gender, age, etc.  But most of the public does not realize that the EEOC also enforces discrimination related to an employee's genetic information.  To help spread the word, the information below is based upon the EEOC's guidance on this relatively new and far-reaching prohibition.

The EEOC investigates complaints under Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which became effective in 2009.  While the EEOC handles employment-related claims under GINA, the law also prohibits discrimination based on genetic information when it comes to insurance, over which the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury have jurisdiction.

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