The folks over at Politico are reporting that the Senate Judiciary Committee struck a deal Wednesday night regarding the Judicial Redress Act. The committee adopted Senator John Cornyn’s amendment that ties the bill’s privacy protections to the proposed new Safe Harbor Agreement being negotiated between the U.S. and the EU. The Judicial Redress Bill attempts
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HR Must Take Simple Step to Comply with GINA When Setting Up Medical Examination
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in GINA
Since it was enacted in 2008, plaintiffs suing under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act ("GINA"), 42 U.S.C. Section 2000ff et seq., have not had much success. Most cases have been dismissed at an early stage. As reported on our Disability, Leave and Health Management Blog, however, this summer the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") burst on the scene…