# GINA — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count

For GINA, full name is Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; employee threshold is 15; requirement is you cannot discriminate against employees or applicants based on their genetic information or family medical history; counting note is part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation, verified against its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Law:** GINA
- **Full name:** Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- **Employee threshold:** 15
- **Requirement:** you cannot discriminate against employees or applicants based on their genetic information or family medical history
- **Counting note:** part-time and temporary employees are included in the head-count calculation

## What the source says

> Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) According to the <https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-gina.cfm> Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), you cannot discriminate against employees or applicants based on their genetic information or family medical history.

## Source

- https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [US federal employment law thresholds by employee count](https://referencesource.org/regulatory-threshold-triggers/).