EEOC Decides “Voluntary” Wellness Programs Can Include Financial Incentives and Penalties
Wellness programs sponsored by employers are supposed to encourage workers to lose weight, quit smoking, and become more active to be more “well” and healthy to reduce health-care costs and lost days from work. Until April, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) warned employers that plans involving financial incentives wouldn’t be “voluntary” or comply with the […]