News & Analysis as of

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act Notice Requirements Employer Group Health Plans

Cozen O'Connor

Employment Law Now VI-121 - Top 5 Fall Things You Need To Know

Cozen O'Connor on

Today's new episode looks at the five developments you need to know now, including the new proposed independent contractor rule, the EEOC's new required poster, NLRB efforts to monitor your monitoring, salary transparency...more

Dechert LLP

EEOC, DOL, HHS and IRS Weigh-In on Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs – Is Your Program Compliant?

Dechert LLP on

Wellness programs are trending in the U.S., especially with employers looking for ways to encourage and promote healthy lifestyles for their employees and to reduce the cost of their self-insured group health plan. Regardless...more

Benesch

EEOC Offers Guidance On Employee Wellness Program Notices Required Under New Rules

Benesch on

On the heels of at least two discrimination lawsuits over employer wellness programs, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued two new rules on May 17, 2016 under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and...more

BCLP

EEOC Weighs in on the Impact of the ADA and GINA On Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs

BCLP on

On Monday, May 16 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued two final regulations providing guidance on how employer-sponsored wellness programs work with the general antidiscrimination requirements of Title...more

McAfee & Taft

Finally final: Rules offer guidance on how ADA and GINA apply to employer wellness programs

McAfee & Taft on

On May 16, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized two rules that describe how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Practical Steps for Employers Responding to the EEOC’s Final Rules on Employee Wellness Programs

Latham & Watkins LLP on

An employer may offer financial incentives to its employees for participating in employee wellness programs that receive health-related information, subject to certain limits. On May 16, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Well Then…The EEOC’s Last Word on Wellness Programs

On May 17, 2016, the EEOC issued final regulations on employer-sponsored wellness programs under both the ADA and GINA. Wellness programs have been discussed on this blog before, so I’ll skip the backgrounder. Suffice it to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New EEOC Rules for Wellness Programs: A 30 Percent Incentive = Voluntary

Foley & Lardner LLP on

For years, employers have been allowed to offer voluntary wellness programs to employees under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Both laws generally prohibit...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

EEOC Issues Final Rules On Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program Compliance Under the ADA and GINA

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued two final rules addressing employer-sponsored wellness programs’ compliance with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Title II of the...more

Miller Canfield

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

Miller Canfield on

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

EEOC Issues Final Rules on Employer Wellness Programs

On May 16, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued final rules on employer-sponsored wellness programs. The final rules clarify the EEOC’s position on wellness plan compliance with the Americans...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

EEOC Grapples with Proposed Rule Comments on Wellness Program; Additional Guidance Expected Soon

As we previously reported, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released Proposed Rules on April 16, 2015 to provide guidance under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on permissible employer incentives...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New HIPAA Regulations Require Action by Group Health Plans

Final HIPAA privacy and security regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human services will require action by group health plan sponsors by September 2013....more

Snell & Wilmer

New HIPAA Omnibus Regulations – What Employers Who Sponsor Group Health Plans Need to Know to Comply

Snell & Wilmer on

On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final regulations that modify the Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Notification Rules issued pursuant to the Health Insurance...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Final HIPAA Regulations: What's Changed (and What Hasn't) for Group Health Plans

The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) has issued final regulations modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy, Security, Breach...more

Snell & Wilmer

What Employers That Maintain Group Health Plans Need to Know About the HIPAA Omnibus Regulations

Snell & Wilmer on

On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final regulations that modify the Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Notification Rules issued pursuant to the Health Insurance...more

Littler

What Do Employers Really Need to Know About the New HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule?

Littler on

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act/Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act Omnibus Rule, published in the Federal Register Jan. 25, makes many changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule,...more

17 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide