Aggregated News
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a statement that it had filed a lawsuit against Fabricut, Inc. on May 7, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, making it the first lawsuit brought by the agency to enforce genetic nondiscrimination rights afforded by Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). A consent decree was filed concurrently, thereby settling the lawsuit on the same day.
Facts of the Case and Details of the Settlement (as reported by the EEOC statement). Rhonda Jones had been working as a temporary memo clerk for Fabricut, Inc. When her temporary employment was nearing an end, she applied for a permanent position with the company. Fabricut, Inc. initially offered her the position but then ran afoul of GINA Title II when, as part of its pre-employment medical examination, it allegedly requested family history on a variety of specific conditions. As previous GLR coverage has discussed, GINA defines “genetic information” broadly to include family medical history. On the basis of the information provided during the pre-employment...
Facts of the Case and Details of the Settlement (as reported by the EEOC statement). Rhonda Jones had been working as a temporary memo clerk for Fabricut, Inc. When her temporary employment was nearing an end, she applied for a permanent position with the company. Fabricut, Inc. initially offered her the position but then ran afoul of GINA Title II when, as part of its pre-employment medical examination, it allegedly requested family history on a variety of specific conditions. As previous GLR coverage has discussed, GINA defines “genetic information” broadly to include family medical history. On the basis of the information provided during the pre-employment...