The Council of Ministers (Bundeskabinett), which took place on April 15, spoke against genetic pre-employment tests as part of a more general law on the genetic diagnosis. Only exceptional circumstances can allow a company to appeal to it, and as part of a very strict control procedure. (Ref. 080316)
In the future, all German people will be able to decide whether they accept that their “genetic identity” can be defined by a test and whether they accept to know the results. This is what the Federal Council of Ministers decided when it presented, on April 15, the guidelines for “the law on genetic diagnosis”. A special chapter concerns employers who will not be allowed to ask their employees or possible applicants, to take a genetic test anymore, or even to ask information which can lead to d
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