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Wisconsin Statutes Employment Relations (Ch. 111) § 111.372. Use of genetic testing in employment situations

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) No employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency may directly or indirectly:

(a) Solicit, require or administer a genetic test to any person as a condition of employment, labor organization membership or licensure.

(b) Affect the terms, conditions or privileges of employment, labor organization membership or licensure or terminate the employment, labor organization membership or licensure of any person who obtains a genetic test.

(2) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may sell to or interpret for an employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency a genetic test of an employee, labor organization member or licensee or of a prospective employee, labor organization member or licensee.

(3) Any agreement between an employer, labor organization, employment agency or licensing agency and another person offering employment, labor organization membership, licensure or any pay or benefit to that person in return for taking a genetic test is prohibited.

(4) This section does not prohibit the genetic testing of an employee who requests a genetic test and who provides written and informed consent to taking a genetic test for any of the following purposes:

(a) Investigating a worker's compensation claim under ch. 102.

(b) Determining the employee's susceptibility or level of exposure to potentially toxic chemicals or potentially toxic substances in the workplace, if the employer does not terminate the employee, or take any other action that adversely affects any term, condition or privilege of the employee's employment, as a result of the genetic test.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Employment Relations (Ch. 111) § 111.372. Use of genetic testing in employment situations - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/employment-relations-ch-111/wi-st-111-372/

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