Genetic testing in the workplace.

Genetic Testing and the Workplace.

An excerpt from comments submitted to the equal employment opportunity commission (EEOC) docket. The EEOC invited comments in January 2016 on a proposed rule to amend regulations implementing Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA, RIN 3046AB02) as they relate to employer wellness programs. Genetic Alliance and more than 600 organizations and individuals opposed the GIN...

Genetic Testing in the Workplace Report A4

Genetic testing in the workplace: the employer's coin toss.

A toss of the coin by the modern-day employer reveals two options regarding genetic testing in the workplace. The employer may choose to take advantage of increasingly precise, available, and affordable genetic testing in order to ascertain the genetic characteristics--and deficiencies--of its employees. This outcome exposes the employer to a vast array of potential litigation and liability rel...

Drug testing in the workplace.

Congress passed the Drug-Free Workplace Act in April 1988, which resulted in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs. The intent was to establish a substance-free work environment for all federal workers by requiring that all federal employees pass a urine drug test before employment. These guidelines specifically, and exclusively, focus on testing urine specimens f...

phylogeography and genetic diversity of the lesser mouse- eared bat (myotis blythii) in iran

in current study, 63 samples of bat populations collected from differ regions were used for evaluating the geographic variations. twenty cranial and dental characters for traditional morphometric and landmarks method on the ventral, dorsal skull and mandible for geometry morphometric studies were used. statistical analyses of traditional morphometric and geometry morphometric data indicated low...