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GINA actually isn’t a who, it’s a what.
As in the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a new law signed by President Bush yesterday.
As discrimination laws go, it’s a first: it’s an anticipatory law that forbids something before it starts happening. GINA says that any genetic information can’t be used against someone in obtaining health insurance or […]

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If your company is a government contractor, a wrongful discharge lawsuit may not be the worst thing you face after letting someone go.
The ex-employee can morph into a whistleblower and claim you defrauded the government in violation of the False Claims Act. That federal statute lets a person who knows about fraud by a […]

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About current and past 230 workers at Smithfield Foods Inc. have filed a federal lawsuit against the meat-packing giant, claiming they are owed overtime. The suit, filed in Norfolk federal court, claims the workers weren’t paid for approximately 30-45 minutes a day, the time it took either to put on or remove protective gear. The […]

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