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Employers Continue to Face ERISA Tobacco Surcharge Lawsuits, With Mixed Results

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/6/2025

Recently, companies have seen a spate of class action lawsuits challenging the legality of tobacco cessation wellness programs and related tobacco surcharges imposed by their employer-sponsored health benefit plans....more

Employment Law This Week®: Extended Leave Not Covered Under ADA, Wellness Program Regulations, Proposed Cybersecurity Regulations,...

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/9/2017

We invite you to view Employment Law This Week® - a weekly rundown of the latest news in the field, brought to you by Epstein Becker Green. We look at the latest trends, important court decisions, and new developments that...more

Lawsuits Are Focused on Wellness Program Compliance. Are You?

Alston & Bird on 9/14/2017

Wellness programs are a win-win for everybody – until administrators run afoul of ambiguous rules and regulations. Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group analyzes two recent lawsuits that could impact program...more

August 2017: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 9/9/2017

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. August was no...more

EEOC Must Reconsider its Wellness Regulations

Littler on 8/24/2017

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated the EEOC’s final regulations on the operation of voluntary wellness programs under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information...more

Employment Law This Week: Discrimination Claims, Employee Wellness Notice, Persuader Rule, Pin Ban

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/27/2016

We invite you to view Employment Law This Week - a weekly rundown of the latest news in the field, brought to you by Epstein Becker Green. We look at the latest trends, important court decisions, and new developments that...more

Wellness Programs, and the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: The final chapter

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/18/2016

On May 17, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its final rules on wellness programs and the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. The ADA rule applies to...more

The Latest Legal Developments Involving Wellness Programs

Maynard Nexsen on 3/22/2016

Nexsen Pruet tax and employee benefits attorney Sue Odom has produced a new video looking at the latest legal developments involving wellness programs. This includes several challenges to company programs by the Equal...more

Seventh Circuit Slams The “Brakes” On The EEOC’s Appeal Of AutoZone ADA Defeat

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/8/2016

As we have previously noted, the EEOC continues to push the envelope on many fronts, including new theories/arguments in cases brought under Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. (“ADA”), such as its...more

What's Next in Employee Wellness: Impact of the Affordable Care Act and New EEOC Initiatives

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/5/2015

The Affordable Care Act provides employers with a road map on how to implement and administer employee wellness programs. Spilman attorneys Eric Kinder and Erin Jones Adams discuss the components of an effective wellness...more

Hey – That EEOC Wellness Rule Isn’t Half Bad

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/27/2015

Is the proposed rule good for employers, or bad? Pretty good overall. The EEOC has, for the most part, proposed that providing “incentives” for employees to participate in wellness programs (both rewards and penalties, which...more

EEOC Promises Guidance On Wellness Programs In February

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/1/2014

Good news! The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced in its 2015 regulatory agenda that it will be issuing proposed regulations on the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic...more

EEOC Files Its Second Complaint Challenging an Employer’s Wellness Program

Troutman Pepper on 10/6/2014

Just six weeks after the EEOC sued Orion Energy Systems, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin claiming that Orion’s wellness program violates the Americans with Disabilities Act...more

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