There is now genetic discrimination

[Libaax-Sankataabte]

Can You Be Fired

for Your Genes?

ADAM COHEN | @adamscohen | February 20, 2012

 

In 2010, Pamela Fink, an employee of a Connecticut energy company, made a new kind of discrimination claim: she charged that she had been fired because she carries genes that predispose her to cancer. Fink quickly became the public face for the cutting edge of civil rights: genetic discrimination.

 

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which was passed out of concern for just such cases in the wake of huge advances in genetics testing, took effect in late 2009. GINA, as it is known, makes it illegal for employers to fire or refuse to hire workers based on their “genetic information” — including genetic tests and family history of disease. GINA doesn’t just apply to employers: health-insurance companies can be sued for using genetic information to set rates or even just for investigating people’s genes.

 

 

Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/02/20/can-you-be-fired-for-your-genes/#ixzz1myiCRpBR

[Taleexi]

Interesting.

[Somalicentric]

Interesting indeed.

 

Goes to show you when policies and regulations are passed people will find other reasons to discriminate based on anything, i mean anything.