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EEOC Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Wellness Program Rules
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/15/2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its revamped proposed rules governing employer-sponsored wellness programs. These proposed rules have been a long time coming, with the EEOC's prior...more
What's In Those Proposed Wellness Regs?
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/15/2021
Some Q and A. Last week (while I was on vacay), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued proposed regulations on wellness programs and the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information...more
EEOC's New Stand on Wellness Programs
Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 1/12/2021
On January 7, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unveiled two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking regarding what employers can do to encourage workers to participate in corporate wellness programs without violating...more
Recent Changes in Employee Benefits to Consider in 2021
Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 1/12/2021
We recently highlighted the employee benefits provisions that accompanied the latest COVID-19 relief law as part of our summary of that Act. This article addresses some of the other recent employee benefits-related changes...more
Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/11/2021
Since 1996, when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), employers have been struggling with whether and to what extent they could offer incentives to employees to participate in...more
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/7/2021
NPRMs Will be Published in the Federal Register for Public Comment - WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) today forwarded to the Federal Register its Notices of Proposed Rulemakings...more
COVID-19: The Do's and Don'ts of a Mandatory Vaccination Policy
King & Spalding on 12/28/2020
As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available and employers contemplate policies that will facilitate returning to the workplace, one important issue is whether employers can require employees to receive COVID-19...more
Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter – December 2020 #2
Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/22/2020
Oh Happy Day! Stimulus Is Finally (Almost) Live. The House and Senate are scheduled to vote on a $900 billion pandemic relief package along with a $1.4 trillion measure to fund the government through September 30, 2021. ...more
The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Here - Can Employers Mandate Immunization?
Williams Mullen on 12/22/2020
COVID-19 vaccines are finally here. The rollout has begun in healthcare settings across the nation. However, despite broad support for the vaccines and their near-universal endorsement by the medical community, many...more
Employment Discrimination Claims Related to Vaccination Refusal – Disability
White and Williams LLP on 12/22/2020
The FDA's emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is raising hope across the nation of a return to some semblance of normalcy in the months to come. In light of...more
EEOC Issues Revised Guidance Addressing COVID-19 Vaccines
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/17/2020
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued revised COVID-19 guidance addressing questions related to the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations to employees. Section K of the...more
May Employers Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines?
Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 12/14/2020
Given pending anticipated FDA approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, and encouraging vaccine results from Moderna and AstraZeneca, many employers are wondering whether they may legally mandate vaccinations for their...more
EEOC Moves Forward with New Draft Proposed Wellness Program Regulations
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
Employer Use of Contact Tracing Apps: The Good, the Bad, and the Regulatory
Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/8/2020
Employers struggle with COVID-19 for any number of reasons. However, perhaps one of the main challenges they face is how to keep employees safe, even when one of them tests positive for or is exposed to COVID-19. They are...more
EEOC Holds Remote Public Meeting on Wellness NPRM
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/12/2020
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
Updated EEOC Guidance on the ADA and Accommodations
Holland & Hart LLP on 5/1/2020
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated FAQs to guide ongoing testing and workplace safety. The EEOC clarified that employment discrimination laws are not intended to...more
Additional FAQs Regarding Employer Compliance and COVID-19
Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 4/30/2020
On April 23, 2020, Hinshaw labor and employment attorneys Brette Bensinger, Maryjo Pirages Reynolds, and Leigh Bonsall presented a webinar titled "Employer compliance and COVID-19: Paid sick Leave, Furloughs and Layoffs."...more
The EEOC Continues to Update Guidance on Returning to Work Pandemic-Prepared
Payne & Fears on 4/30/2020
The EEOC continues to update its pandemic preparedness guidance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and other Equal Employment Opportunity laws in the wake of COVID-19. The guidance...more
Coronavirus and the Workplace: Guidance for Employers Resuming Operations
Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 4/29/2020
As states and localities begin to relax shelter-in-place requirements and allow businesses to reopen, the coronavirus pandemic presents new challenges for employers. In addition to operational and logistical questions...more
EEOC Publishes Additional Guidance Addressing "Return to Work" Issues and Employee COVID-19 Testing
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/28/2020
EEOC FAQs provide additional guidance on complying with Americans with Disability Act requirements while safeguarding against COVID-19 transmission. EEOC greenlights employer-administered COVID-19 testing and temperatures...more
Privacy Compliance - Yes, even in a pandemic
Davis Brown Law Firm on 4/14/2020
During a pandemic data privacy concerns may appear to take a back seat. However, while the Office of Civil Rights has expanded electronic platforms which may be used for HIPAA-related purposes and the EEOC now lets you take...more
COVID-19 Employment Guidelines and FAQ
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/21/2020
It is recommended that employers lead with a common-sense approach to what is in the best interests of their employees and customers based on current CDC guidance, while complying with OSHA, the ADA, the FMLA, the FLSA,...more
Employer FAQs for COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Virtually every employer in the United States is having to grapple with how to respond to employment-related issues as a consequence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To assist employers, we have prepared an FAQ...more
COVID-19 Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education
Holland & Knight LLP on 3/18/2020
The fluid and fast-changing impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has left institutions of higher education (IHEs) scrambling to address unexpected legal issues. This guidance addresses some of their more frequently asked...more
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