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Wellness Programs
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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Wellness Program with “Steep” Penalty Violates the ADA, Claims EEOC Lawsuit
The EEOC has sued an employer because the penalty to employees for not participating in its wellness program was so steep that it made the “voluntary” program involuntary. EEOC v.…
The Retirement Plan Blog
The Deluge of Affordable Care Act Regulations: What Employers Need to Know
There has been a deluge of regulatory activity involving the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), or the ACA. Some developments, such as the general postponement of the employer mandate until 2015…
Understanding the ADA
Goodbye Safe Harbor Thanks to the Affordable Care Act?
I Introduction My experience with law review articles is that for the most part they are very difficult to read, rarely practical, and rarely on the cutting edge of things…
Benefits Law Advisor
Wellness Program Update: EEOC is Planning to Issue Proposed Regulations to Address ADA, GINA Issues
In May, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it intends to issue proposed regulations addressing health plan-based wellness programs. According to the EEOC's announcement, the guidance is expected to address the…
Employee Benefits Law Report
Protected health information and health care plan design
On our sister blog -- Employer Law Report -- our partner Brian Hall wrote about the likely availability of an Alzheimer’s blood test, and the impact of new genetic testing in…
Workforce Bulletin
Hospitality Employers: The Future Of Your Wellness Program
By Epstein Becker Green, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Our colleagues Kara Maciel, Adam Solander, and Lindsay Smith have co-authored a Bloomberg BNA article titled, "Future New Year's Resolutions: Will Your Wellness Program Still Be There to Help?" Following is an…
Health Law Prof Blog
Continued Skepticism re “Wellness Programs”
A big part of the job of being a Health Law Prof is to help students understand the intersection of the many legal specialties that comprise the big tent of…
Benefits Law Advisor
U.S. Surgeon General’s Report May Spur More Wellness Program Activity
A U.S. Surgeon General's Report issued this month marks fifty years since the Surgeon General’s landmark report in 1964 that set in motion a nationwide campaign to reduce and hopefully…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
Recent Guidance on Wellness Programs Clarifies Premium Surcharges for Tobacco Use
By Stacy Barrow
As previously reported, the federal agencies responsible for drafting the rules implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (the U.S. Labor Department, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Waiting for EEOC Guidance on Wellness Plans …and Godot
Earlier this year, we posted that we continued to wait for ADA “voluntary” wellness plan guidance from the EEOC. In a January 18, 2013 informal letter responding to an inquiry…