1. DEFINITIONS
a. “Workplace” means a unit of business defined in accordance with national law and practice, whether in the public or in the private sector, located within the territory of a Member State, where an economic activity is carried out on an ongoing basis with human and material resources.
b. “Employer” means the natural person or legal entity, whether public or private, party to employment contracts or employment relationships with employees, in accordance with national law and practice; moreover, the term employer comprises employment agencies, temporary employment agencies, personnel selection consultants and agencies that dispose of employees to other natural or legal entities (“personnel lending”).
c. “Employee” means any person who, in the Member State concerned, is protected as a worker or as an employee under national law and practice; moreover, the term employee comprises candidates for a post whatsoever, as well as former employees.
d. “Genetic Testing” in this context means the use of a scientific test to obtain information on some aspects of the genetic status of a person, indicative of a present or future medical problem. In the context of employment, "genetic testing" incorporates "genetic screening" and "genetic monitoring".
e. “Genetic Screening” in this context means the use of a scientific test to determine whether a person possesses particular variant forms of one or more genes in his/her genome.
f. “Genetic Monitoring” in this context means the examination, at regular intervals, for chromosomal abnormalities in samples of cells from a person who may be at risk, in their employment, of exposure to agents which cause genetic damage;
g. “Personal Data” in this context refers to data, however obtained, containing i ...