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Panel views threat of genetic bias in jobs; EEOC chair urges Senate panel not to create new legal remedies.(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)(Brief Article)
Business Insurance, February, 2002 by Hofmann, Mark A.
WASHINGTON-Legal remedies for victims of genetic discrimination should be the same as those available to victims of other forms of unlawful discrimination, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. Doing otherwise would be ``manifestly unfair,'' said EEOC Chairwoman Cari M.
Dominguez as she testified last week before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Ms. Dominguez was one of several witnesses offering their assessments of the adequacy of existing law to protect job applicants and those seeking health insurance from being unfairly denied employment or coverage on the basis of a genetic predisposition to certain ailments. ``We know it's understandable'' that employers and insurers would have concerns about...
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