Required Updates Due to EEOC Notice Change
(The California Chamber of Commerce) A new mandatory change to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) notice in the Employment Notices Poster must be posted by November 21.
CalBizCentral, the source for California business and human resource compliance products, presented by the California Chamber of Commerce, is providing this supplement to download and post next to the 2009 Employment Poster.
The change is required by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), signed by President George W. Bush on May 21, 2008. Employers must begin to comply with GINA on November 21.
On October 22, 2009, the content of the posting was provided by the EEOC as a supplement to the current version of the EEOC poster, dated August 2008.
Last spring, the EEOC sought comments on regulations, including a new posting. The comment period is over, but the regulations have not yet been finalized. Even if the regulations are not finalized on or before November 21, employers must still begin complying with the law and post the required posting.
According to a white paper prepared by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, GINA is designed to prohibit the improper use of genetic information in health insurance and employment. GINA prohibits group health plans and health insurers from denying coverage to a healthy individual or charging that person higher premiums based solely on a genetic predisposition to developing a disease in the future. The legislation also bars employers from using individuals’ genetic information when making hiring, firing, job placement or promotion decisions.
CalBizCentral will update its 2010 Employment Notices Poster with this new required update along with any additional changes from government agencies. Businesses may pre-order their 2010 Employment Notices Poster today.
