Article: Railway agrees not to require genetic testing in carpal tunnel cases.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Article: Genetic testing case settled under Americans with ...
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  July 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... lawsuit which alleged that BNSF violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) by genetically testing or seeking to test ... BNSF case was the first-ever EEOC litigation challenging genetic testing under the ADA. The EEOC first learned about the genetic ...

Article: Texas-Based Railway Will Not Require Genetic ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... workplace genetic testing under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The commission ... involving genetic testing and the Americans With Disabilities Act, the use ... Americans With Disabilities Act. But the ... the use of genetic testing ...

Article: Genetic screening faces lawsuits.(employers use of genetic ...
Business Insurance;  February 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... enjoin BNSF from the genetic testing of its employees. Since ... employment decisions on genetic testing violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. The act, the EEOC ... definitive case law regarding genetic testing by employers, so the ...

Article: WORKPLACE GENETIC TESTING LAWSUIT SETTLED
United Press International;  April 18, 2001 ;     632 words ... ... of workplace genetic testing under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The ... injunction to halt genetic testing of workers at ... employees subject to genetic testing to continue ... Americans with Disabilities Act." Burlington ...

Article: New issue on the job: Genetic testing.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... supporters say that genetic testing creates a major civil ... policy. The science of genetic testing is so new that many ... Northern was conducting genetic testing in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC asked a ...

Article: labor law.(genetic testing of employees)
Supervision;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... surveyed engage in genetic testing, while about ... some types of genetic testing. (BNA IER Newsletter ... Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination ... Americans with Disabilities Act applies to genetic testing is not clear ...

Article: US rail company settles over genetic testing of ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  May 20, 2002 ;     534 words ... ... Railroad Company is the first to have a genetic testing regime challenged under the "Americans With Disabilities Act". The railroad required testing ... Government needs to prevent employers from genetic testing of their employees. Publication ...