Genetic Testing in Insurance and Employment

Introduction

GeneWatch UK believes that legislation is needed to prevent insurers and employers from using predictive genetic test results to decide who gets insurance or a job. A coalition of other organisations agrees with us: they have signed a Joint Statement of Concern.

From this page you can download copies of our briefings and report and you can explore our online guide to genetic testing. You can also find out more about the Discrimination Law Review. In this important consultation, the Government asked whether you think there should be a law to prevent genetic discrimination.

The consultation finished on 4th September 2007, but if you agree that insurers and employers should not be able to use genetic test results to decide who gets insurance or a job, you can still:

  1. Visit or write to your MP - use the points in the Joint Statement and the GeneWatch briefings to compose your letter. Use the 'they work for you' website to find your MP.
  2. Write to your insurer and employer. Ask if they agree there should be legislation to prevent genetic discrimination. If not, why not?

Please send copies of any replies to GeneWatch.

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