Topic: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

The EEOC’s Final Rule on GINA and Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs to Take Effect This Month

On May 17, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is the agency charged with enforcing Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), issued a final rule changing how employers can set up incentives for the wellness programs they sponsor for their employees. As previously reported on Genomics Law Report, on October […]

The Burden of Enforcing GINA: EEOC v. Nestle Illustrates One Challenge in Pursuing Genetic Discrimination Claims

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) is a federal law making it illegal for insurers and employers to acquire and to use genetic information in certain contexts. Specifically, Title II of GINA prohibits employers with more than 15 employees, employment agencies, labor organizations, and joint labor-management training and apprenticeship program committees from using […]

A New Law to Raise GINA’s Floor in California

Jennifer K. Wagner, J.D., Ph.D., is a solo-practicing attorney in State College, PA and a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Integration of Genetic Healthcare Technologies. Earlier this fall, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB559 (pdf), the bill referred to as “CalGINA” (i.e., the California Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act). The bill […]