The lawsuit alleges that a pre-employment physical examination by the company “indirectly or directly solicited, requested or required” them to disclose family medical history, in violation of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act.
“Defendants chose to repeatedly disregard Illinois’ genetic privacy laws by asking their employees to provide genetic information in the form of family medical history to assist the companies in making employment decisions,” the lawsuit says.
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