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Employer's Guide to GINA

GINA was enacted out of concern that discrimination based upon a person's genetic information could result in the loss of health coverage or employment. Here's what employers need to know.

30 minute read August 29, 2011 at 12:24 AM
By
John D. Shyer And Kevin Kay
Employer's Guide to GINA

On May 21, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) into law. GINA was enacted out of concern that discrimination based upon a person's genetic information could result in the loss of health coverage or employment.

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