Posted On:
June 19, 2008
Federal Bill Tackles Genetic Information Discrimination
A May 25th Science Daily article reports that President Bush signed the Genetic. Nondiscrimination Information Act (GINA) into law. The act, the first civil rights legislation of the new millennium, protects employees from being discriminated against on the ground of genetic information.
The act is the first federal law of its kind to tackle genetic heritage as a form of discrimination. GINA specifically prohibits employers from firing, refusing to hire, or otherwise discriminate against employees on the grounds of an individual’s genetic information.
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