GINA
What is the full name for GINA?
For GINA, full name is Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; employee threshold is 15; requirement is to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any employee, or otherwise to discriminate against any employee with respect to the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment of the employee, because of genetic information with respect to the employee; counting note is any worker who qualifies as an employee is counted, including part-time employees, seasonal employees, and temporary employees, verified against its source on 2026-11-01.
If a complaint against a business (or some other private employer) involves race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability or genetic information, the business is covered by the laws we enforce if it has 15 or more employees who worked for the employer for at least twenty calendar weeks (in this year or last).
— eeoc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
- Law
- GINA our reading
- Full name
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 verified
- Employee threshold
- 15 verified
- Requirement
- to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any employee, or otherwise to discriminate against any employee with respect to the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment of the employee, because of genetic information with respect to the employee verified
- Counting note
- any worker who qualifies as an employee is counted, including part-time employees, seasonal employees, and temporary employees verified
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Law and Full name
may be cited as the 'Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008'.
Requirement
(1) to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any employee, or otherwise to discriminate against any employee with respect to the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment of the employee, because of genetic information with respect to the employee; or
Counting note
In determining whether an employer is covered, any worker who qualifies as an employee is counted, including part-time employees, seasonal employees, and temporary employees. Independent contractors and other non-employees, such as owners, are not counted.
— all from eeoc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
Sources
- eeoc.govhttps://www.eeoc.gov/employers/coverage-businessprivate-employers
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000ff-1&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000ff&num=0&edition=prelim
- eeoc.govhttps://www.eeoc.gov/employers/how-do-you-count-number-employees-employer-has