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Seventh Circuit Declines To Address The EEOC’s Challenge To The Legality Of Employer’s Wellness Plan

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After an employee lost his employer-funded health insurance because he failed to complete a medical examination required by his employer, the EEOC sued the employer under the ADA’s ban on involuntary...more

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Wisconsin Court Rejects Employer’s Argument That Wellness Programs Are Insulated from Disability Law

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Trial to Be Scheduled on Retaliation Claim - MILWAUKEE - A federal court has ruled in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a disability discrimination case involving wellness programs filed...more

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EEOC Takes Aim at Erroneous Application of ADA “Safe Harbor” to Wellness Programs

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In its preamble to the final regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) published May 17, 2016, which will be the topic of an upcoming blog post, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) once...more

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EEOC Issues Final Rules on Employer Wellness Programs; Clarifies Position on Incentive Caps, Confidentiality and ADA’s “Safe...

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On May 16, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued two final rules regarding employer wellness plans, the first to amend existing regulations under the Genetic Information and Non-Discrimination Act...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Quirky Question #270: A Win for Wellness Plans

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Question: Our company offers employees a self-funded and self-insured health plan. We’d now like to implement a wellness program. Can we require employees to complete a health risk assessment which requests personal medical...more

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Big Employer Win in Wellness Program Case EEOC v. Flambeau

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For the past couple of years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been challenging employer wellness programs for their alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The most recent...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Flambeau Inc. Wellness Program Testing Falls Within ADA Safe Harbor

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On December 30, 2015, a federal judge in the Western District of Wisconsin ruled in favor of Flambeau, Inc. (Flambeau) and against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in holding that Flambeau’s medical exams as...more

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