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Health Plan Premium Surcharges For Those Not Vaccinated For COVID-19?

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According to Forbes.com, more employers are considering imposing a premium surcharge on employees participating in the company’s health plan who are not vaccinated for COVID-19. Whether positioned as rewards or penalties,...more

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EEOC Moves Forward with New Draft Proposed Wellness Program Regulations

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Several times over the past few years, we have reported about the challenges wellness programs have faced from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other litigants, as well as how a federal court struck down...more

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EEOC Holds Remote Public Meeting on Wellness NPRM

WASHINGTON – The EEOC today held a remote meeting to consider a proposed rulemaking addressing what level of incentives employers may lawfully offer to encourage employee participation in wellness programs that require...more

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Wellness Comes to Those Who Wait: EEOC Provides Timeline for Update to Regulations

On September 21, 2017, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a status report with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to that court’s August 22, 2017, ruling against the...more

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Progress, But Also Perpetuated Errors, In The EEOC’s Proposed GINA Rule Regarding Wellness Program Incentives

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Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addressing wellness program incentives under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA Proposed Rule”) in the...more

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EEOC Emitie Regla Proponiendo la Modificación del Título II De Gina

Regla Aclara Incentivos que Pueden Ser Proporcionados para Recibir Información Sobre La Salud de un Cónyuge que Participa en un Programa de Bienestar Patrocinado por el Empleador - WASHINGTON - El Viernes, 30 de octubre...more

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EEOC Proposed GINA Regulations Permit Limited Wellness Plan Incentives In Exchange For Spousal Health Data

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on October 30, 2015 to amend the federal regulations implementing Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act...more

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EEOC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Interplay Between ADA and Employee Wellness Programs

Despite existing guidance available to employers under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), employers have long faced uncertainty about the legality of their...more

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EEOC Proposes Rules Related to Employee Wellness Programs

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Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), and in an age of overall rising healthcare costs, many employers are instituting more robust wellness programs in order to reduce their health insurance costs. In these...more

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Employment Law Reporter – May 2015

EEOC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Employer Wellness Programs — Some Employers Don’t Feel So Good As a Result. On April 20, 2015, just in time for the summer fitness fads and weight loss challenges, the Equal...more

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New Guidance On Wellness Programs

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued proposed new rules clarifying its stance on the interplay between the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and employer wellness programs. Officially...more

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Wellness Watch: Guidance Is (Almost) Here

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In December 2014, we highlighted the challenges that employers have been facing in ensuring that their wellness programs are not in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Genetic Information...more

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EEOC Issues Proposed Rule on Application of the ADA to Employer Wellness Programs

Proposed Rule Would Permit Incentives, Emphasize Confidentiality - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) describing how Title I of...more

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EEOC Takes First Step Toward Issuing Rules on Employer-Sponsored Wellness Plans

On March 20, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced its submission of a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) on employer-sponsored wellness plans to the White House Office of Management and...more

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EEOC Sends Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on ADA and Wellness Programs to OMB for Clearance

WASHINGTON- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on March 20 voted to send a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the interplay of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Affordable Care Act...more

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