{"id":133016,"date":"2017-03-11T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T23:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/because-of-course-your-employer-should-have-your-genetic-test-results.html"},"modified":"2017-03-11T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T23:32:48","slug":"because-of-course-your-employer-should-have-your-genetic-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/because-of-course-your-employer-should-have-your-genetic-test-results.html","title":{"rendered":"Because OF COURSE your employer should have your genetic test results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How could that ever possibly lead to discrimination in promotions, firing, or (as health insurance provisions get dismembered) the ability to get insurance through your employer?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, House GOP! In an era where your party&#39;s president won&#39;t even show his tax returns, why the heck should company &quot;wellness&quot; programs get to see our genetic test results?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2017\/03\/companies-want-employees-genetic-info-new-bill-lets-them-take-it-by-force\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/-sxl7SnMCRvED0DbQoYz-kjTZIgX8sRe6J1EolinFdNsVh9jGbfJzWVlYn293NF4qjwEUMdwPHrRugGfiQRjsZhgk2qz2_vkwJwqFxhyDXC459aLt428LVadmpIgZqT46S62OILEqvc=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2017\/03\/companies-want-employees-genetic-info-new-bill-lets-them-take-it-by-force\/'>New bill would let companies force workers to get genetic tests, share results<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nUnder guise of &ldquo;voluntary&rdquo; wellness programs, employees&rsquo; genetics could be exposed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/8tFaGTiHrjg'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How could that ever possibly lead to discrimination in promotions, firing, or (as health insurance provisions get dismembered) the ability to get insurance through your employer? Thanks, House GOP! In an era where your party&#39;s president won&#39;t even show his tax returns, why the heck should company &quot;wellness&quot; programs get to see our genetic test &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/because-of-course-your-employer-should-have-your-genetic-test-results.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Because OF COURSE your employer should have your genetic test results&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27910,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/14\/because-firing-should-be-arbitrary-and-acceptable-for-any-non-genetic-circumstan.html","url_meta":{"origin":133016,"position":0},"title":"Because firing should be arbitrary and acceptable for any non-genetic circumstan&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-May-12 11:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because firing should be arbitrary and acceptable for any non-genetic circumstanceRep. 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