by Girish Anand | Nov 8, 2010 | EEOC
It’s taken 12 months, but the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released its final regulations for the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). The regulations will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, and they will go into...
by Girish Anand | Feb 4, 2010 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which took effect Nov. 21, 2009, not only forbids employers and health insurers from collecting individuals’ genetic information and using that in their decision-making; it also prohibits the solicitation of...
by Girish Anand | Nov 24, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, HIPAA
Though the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has already taken effect, the law’s regulations are still in a state of flux at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and have yet to be finalized. One of the contentious issues that...
by Girish Anand | Oct 29, 2009 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, Health Care Reform, HIPAA
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released a new version of its "Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law" poster that incorporates new regulations for the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination...