by Rory Akers, JD | December 19, 2018 | ADA, DOL, EEOC, GINA, Wellness, Workplace Wellness
As the year draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2019, recent litigation involving workplace wellness programs provides important reminders about how these programs should be structured and administered. Department of Labor actively auditing for wellness...
by Lisa L. Carlson | April 3, 2017 | ADA, Compliance Services, EEOC, GINA, HIPAA, Wellness
Numerous articles have reported that a recent bill passed by the House Education and Workforce Committee – the Preserving Employee Wellness Plans Act (H.R. 1313) – would allow employers to obtain genetic information about their employees which had not previously been...
by Mark Holloway | October 27, 2016 | EEOC, Wellness
Just when you thought the legal environment surrounding employer wellness programs couldn’t get more complicated, we have the news that the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to block new...
by Mark Holloway | October 28, 2015 | Mental Health Parity, Preventive Care, Wellness
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), US Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the three agencies responsible for policing everyone’s two favorite laws, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the federal mental health parity law,...
by Ed Fensholt | August 22, 2014 | ADA, Wellness
This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued a Wisconsin employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for levying too significant a penalty on an employee for declining to participate in a health plan-related health risk assessment....
by Mark Holloway | July 24, 2012 | Compliance Services, GINA, HIPAA, Mental Health Parity, Non-Discrimination, Reporting & Disclosure, Reporting and Disclosure, Wellness
The DOL has posted on its website a 38-page self-compliance checklist that covers several of the major laws that apply to employer group health plans. The Self-Compliance Tool is located at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/CAGAppA.pdf The checklist includes questions on...
