The DNA of GINA: The EEOC Issues Final Regulations

Effective January 10, 2011

Check out this Alert from our partners Haynes and Boone, LLP:

On November 9, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued its much-anticipated final rule implementing Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”), which applies to all employers covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), namely, employers with fifteen or more employees, as well as unions, employment agencies and labor management training programs. This final rule is effective on January 10, 2011, and prohibits the use of genetic information in the employment context, restricts an employer’s deliberate acquisition of genetic information, requires employers to maintain employee genetic information as confidential, and strictly limits employers from disclosing genetic information.

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