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Wellness Programs
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HR Defense
Proposed Employee Wellness Legislation Might Undermine Protections of GINA
Employees who don't want to disclose genetic information about themselves and their families to their employers may have to pay a stiff price for that privacy in the future. The…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
House Committee Passes H.R. 1313 Allowing Employers to Collect Genetic Information under Workplace Wellness Programs
On March 8, 2017, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved a bill, H.R. 1313 – Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, which would allow employers to require employees…
ContractsProf Blog
Allen Kamp (John Marshall – Chicago) – KCON Scholarship Spotlight
By Mark Burge
The conference is over but the scholarship lives on. This is one of a series of posts highlighting several KCON XII presenters who graciously provided me with abstracts or summaries…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
House Legislation Seeks to Harmonize Wellness Programs with ADA and GINA
On March 2, 2017, in an attempt to clear the murky waters surrounding wellness programs, Rep. Virginia Foxx, chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, introduced the…
Beneficially Yours
Is EEOC Regulation of Wellness Plans Legal? — Seventh Circuit Declines to Say Yes
By Andrew Scroggins and Mark Casciari The Seventh Circuit has stymied an EEOC attempt to declare that employer wellness plans violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The court decided…
Employment & Labor
Seventh Circuit Declines To Address The EEOC’s Challenge To The Legality Of Employer’s Wellness Plan
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Mark W. Wallin, and John S. Marrese Seyfarth Synopsis: After an employee lost his employer-funded health insurance because he failed to complete a medical examination…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Seventh Circuit Delivers Blow to EEOC Wellness Program Challenge, But Avoids Ruling on ADA Safe Harbor
By Kristin L. Bauer, Paul Patten
On January 25, 2017, in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Flambeau, Inc., the Seventh Circuit rejected an EEOC challenge to an employer wellness program. The circuit court had the opportunity…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
UPDATE: District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in AARP Suit to Block Final Rules on Employee Wellness Programs
By Laura Fant, Seth Safra
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Bates) has denied AARP's request to block the implementation of the EEOC’s final wellness regulations pending a decision on the merits.…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Saying Goodbye to 2016 – It’s Been Quite the Year!
2016 has come to an end and it’s been busy year for disability leave management issues. The year has seen a variety of new developments, including issuance of additional guidance…
Labor Law Prof Blog
EEOC Webinars on Wellness Programs, New EEO-1 Report
The EEOC has just posted on its website a couple of webinars – – that are free of cost – – and could prove useful to both employers and employees on…