But... what about going in for an interview and unbeknownst you get idd and samples get sent. Or your employer... oh so and so is coming on with an expensive disease which requires loads of time off to recover...
There are implications that need to be adressed.
For those objecting: www.thebalancecareers.com/pre-employment-physicals-2060485
And I’ve personally had offers rescinded because of a physical. Quite a while ago and involved some physical work but physicals can be required.
Thanks to companies like 23andMe, this won't be neccessary in the future. If enough of your relatives have sent their genome to those companies, they already have the sequenced genome as well as consent from your relatives to use their DNA. Their DNA is highly similar to your DNA which means that they can extrapolate to you, without even having to resort to covert methods.
Even worse, Uhual will not hire nicotine users: https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/19926/U-Haul-To-Impleme...
Wait I'm getting distracted. Yeah, original question: is consent needed before such testing can be done? Mileage varies by state maybe?