Genetic testing, insurance and employment in the UK: Is the regulatory regime fit for purpose?

Gerard Porter

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-43699-5_14

Genetic testing, insurance and employment in the UK: Is the regulatory regime fit for purpose?

Gerard Porter

School of Law

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This chapter provides an overview of the current legal and policy landscape governing genetic testing in the context of insurance and employment in the UK. It focuses on the characteristic features of the UK regulatory regime, namely the decision to avoid including “genetic characteristics” within the general anti-discrimination legislation, and instead to regulate the use of genetic test results by insurers and employers through soft law guidance documents. Other relevant guidance documents and statutes are also considered. The overall adequacy of the UK regime, and the degree to which it satisfactorily reconciles the divergent interests of the various stakeholders, are examined critically.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Genetic Testing and the Governance of Risk in the Contemporary Economy
Editors	Lara Khoury, Adelle Blackett, Lukas Vanhonnaeker
Publisher	Springer
Pages	317-330
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030436995
ISBN (Print)	9783030436988
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43699-5_14
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2020

Publication series

Name	Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
Volume	34
ISSN (Print)	2214-6881
ISSN (Electronic)	2214-689X

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genetic testing
insurance
employment law

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Porter, G. (2020). Genetic testing, insurance and employment in the UK: Is the regulatory regime fit for purpose? In L. Khoury, A. Blackett, & L. Vanhonnaeker (Eds.), Genetic Testing and the Governance of Risk in the Contemporary Economy (pp. 317-330). (Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law; Vol. 34). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43699-5_14

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Genetic testing, insurance and employment in the UK: Is the regulatory regime fit for purpose? / Porter, Gerard.
Genetic Testing and the Governance of Risk in the Contemporary Economy. ed. / Lara Khoury; Adelle Blackett; Lukas Vanhonnaeker. Springer, 2020. p. 317-330 (Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law; Vol. 34).

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