January 01, 2006
Australia Moving On Genetic Descrimination
Some good news from The Age:
The Government has agreed to amend the Disability Discrimination Act to ban employers from requiring employees to provide them with results of genetic tests, and to clarify the definition of disability to include a genetic predisposition to a disability, making it illegal for employers to discriminate against employees on the basis of their genetics.The Government has also agreed to make it an offence to test someone's genetic information without their consent.
Earlier this year, the Government announced it would partially implement the key recommendation of the commission, to establish a Human Genetics Commission to advise the public and government on present and emerging issues in genetic technology, among other roles.
Posted by Dave at January 1, 2006 09:02 PM
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