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Wellness Programs
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COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
Lawmakers Seek Clarity on EEOC Regulations Concerning Incentives for COVID-19 Vaccinations
Providing incentives for employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine continues to be on the minds of organizations as vaccinations pick up speed. However, concerns about privacy and the shifting positions…
Benefits Law Advisor
Lawmakers Seek Clarity on EEOC Regulations Concerning Incentives for COVID-19 Vaccinations
Providing incentives for employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine continues to be on the minds of organizations as vaccinations pick up speed. However, concerns about privacy and the shifting positions…
Employer Law Report
EEOC proposes new wellness program rules under the ADA and GINA which may limit employers’ efforts to incentivize COVID-19 vaccination
The attorneys behind the Employer Law Report Blog present the final part of our three-part series on the COVID-19 vaccine and employer considerations. On Jan. 7, 2021, the U.S. Equal…
Workforce Bulletin
EEOC Withdraws Proposed Wellness Incentive Rules — Increasing Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive Uncertainties
By Frank C. Morris Jr., Tzvia Feiertag, Maxine (Mickey) Neuhauser, Jennifer Stefanick Barna
We previously discussed the EEOC’s proposed new wellness program incentive rules under the ADA and GINA in our post, How Big Can the Carrot Be? The proposed rules were to…
Health Care Reform Dashboard
COVID-19 Vaccine Programs: EEOC Withdraws Proposed Rules on Employer Wellness Incentives
Many employers implementing vaccination programs for their employees have needed to consider whether those programs should be treated as employee wellness programs. Wellness programs, particularly those programs that offer incentives…
HR Law Watch
EEOC Withdraws Proposed ADA Wellness Program Rules, Leaving Vaccine Incentives in Limbo
By Shannon D. Farmer, Edward I. Leeds
As employers wrestle with whether to require vaccines for employees or how to encourage employees to get vaccinated voluntarily, many companies are implementing incentive programs that provide gifts, paid time…
SW Benefits Blog
Wellness Program Incentives – New Year, New EEOC Proposed Rules
For years we have been trying to understand how the EEOC regulates wellness programs. Although we still do not have a complete picture, we are getting closer with the EEOC’s…
Employment Law Watch
EEOC proposes new rules on permissible incentives for employer-sponsored wellness programs
By Michael Correll, Amanda Brown, Joseph J. Mammone Jr., Jessyka Linton
On January 7, 2021, the EEOC proposed two rules, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), designed to clarify what incentives employers may…
Employment Law Worldview
New EEOC Proposed Wellness Plans Regulations – Trouble for Participatory Wellness Plans (US)
By Gregory Viviani, Stacey Grundman
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently proposed regulations pertaining to employer wellness programs that, as will be explained below, may concern employers that have “Participatory” wellness plans. The proposal…
Employment Law Worldview
New EEOC Proposed Wellness Plans Regulations – Trouble for Participatory Wellness Plans (US)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently proposed regulations pertaining to employer wellness programs that, as will be explained below, may concern employers that have “Participatory” wellness plans. [1] Current…