by Suzanne Bach | June 25, 2020 | EEOC, The Coronavirus
As the economy regains its footing after an unprecedented three months of coronavirus-related lockdowns, businesses that furloughed or laid off employees, or mandated they work from home, are implementing return-to-work plans. Those plans typically involve some form...
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 Heidi Guetzkow | January 15, 2018 | EEOC, Health Risk Solutions, Uncategorized
In late December, federal courts handed down the decision to vacate the imposed 2016 worksite wellness incentive regulations, effective Jan. 1, 2019, due to lack of action by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). These headlines may startle and frustrate...
by Ed Fensholt | December 29, 2017 | Compliance Services, EEOC, Health Reform
IRS puts damper on prepaying 2018 property taxes, Court rescinds EEOC wellness regs…for 2019, Oregon may jump on “Let’s tax health insurance!” bandwagon We have a mixed bag for you in this last blog post of 2017: A pair of tax issues (one federal, one state), and a...
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...
