Neal Gerber Eisenberg Health Seminar
February 20, 2008
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Wellness at Work: Implementing Effective and Legal Incentives for Healthy Behavior
Key points that will be covered in this upcoming wellness at work seminar include:
- Laws prohibiting workplace discrimination (i.e. the Americans with Disabilities Act) may pose problems and potential litigation for companies who want to start a mandatory wellness program.
- The new federal wellness rules offer leeway to companies so that they can reward those employees doing the "right" things and lay out penalties for those not complying.
- They also spell out accommodations companies can make for employees with special circumstances.Wellness programs, including determining employees’ health status, implicates privacy concerns under HIPAA and other laws, and the credibility of physician certifications regarding medical inadvisability of participating in wellness programs
Check out the full details at: www.ngelaw.com/news/event_detail.aspx
