The IRS has issued an alert reminding taxpayers and health FSAs, HRAs, HSAs, and MSAs administrators that personal expenses for general...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it is withdrawing its January 2021 proposed rules regarding...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has re-proposed regulations addressing incentive limits that can be offered for...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has decided that it will consider a new proposed rule addressing what level of...

Recent federal court action has called to question federal regulations related to requirements for wellness programs that ask...

Designing compliant wellness programs, that both encourage healthy employee lifestyles and comply with various laws, continues to be a...

Many employers offer compliant wellness programs under their group health plans, and use health risk assessment (HRA) and biometric...

The agencies have released new rules related to “affordability” and “minimum value” (MV) for employer-sponsored health coverage. The...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a lower court decision that a wellness program that requires employees...

Last week the Obama administration released new proposed rules on employer-based wellness programs, essential health benefits, and...

Recently, at least one regional office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has raised the concern that offering...

In an age of increased health risk awareness and ever-increasing health care costs, programs that promote wellness have become an...

The agencies have jointly issued another set of FAQs (Part V) on the implementation of health care reform, mental health parity, and...

Wellness Plans Over the past several years health and wellness programs have become increasingly popular with employers as a way to...

Beginning in 2014, under the new health reform law employers can offer increased incentives to employees who participate in a wellness...