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Last month, in the first lawsuit of its kind, the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission sued the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway for genetic discrimination. It charges that the railroad was surreptitiously testing its employees for a genetic predisposition to a painful and common workplace injury c...

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Other Authors: Wallace, Mike, 1918-2012 (Interviewer), Gallagher, Paul C. (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2001.
Series:60 Minutes II
Subjects:
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation.
Human chromosome abnormalities > Diagnosis > Law and legislation > United States.
Medicine, Industrial > Law and legislation.
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Last month, in the first lawsuit of its kind, the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission sued the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway for genetic discrimination. It charges that the railroad was surreptitiously testing its employees for a genetic predisposition to a painful and common workplace injury called carpal tunnel syndrome, in an effort to avoid paying employees' medical bills and reimbursing them for lost time.
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 minutes)
Playing Time:00:12:27