On November 9, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued final regulations interpreting Title II of the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”), which addresses GINA’s employment provisions. GINA is the federal law that bans employment discrimination based on an individual’s genetic information. GINA went into effect on November 21, 2009. The
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Employers Must Post The New “EEO Is The Law” Poster
By Michael N. Morea on
Posted in Employment Policies and Practices
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") has released a new mandatory "EEO Is The Law" poster, which is required to be posted by employers as of November 21, 2009. Employers can either download and post a supplement alongside the existing September 2002 EEOC poster or replace the older poster with the new one. …