Sep 26, 2018, 1:41 PM
(from NPR) New rules regarding wellness programs will take effect January 1, 2019. Employers may offer smaller financial incentives for wellness program participation, following a ruling earlier this year that questioned the "voluntary" nature of programs if large financial incentives are attached. Programs might include more options for qualifying for those incentives — a choice, for instance, between undergoing a medical exam or completing online health education training. "Some [organizations] are modifying. Others are taking a wait-and-see-attitude," says Steven Noeldner, a senior consultant in health management at Mercer.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Acts and genetic privacy law, an employer can't force someone to disclose private medical information — any disclosure must be voluntary.
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