Promoting Healthy Living While Protecting the Rights of Employees
Posted April 16, 2015
By Rhett Buttle, Director, Private Sector Engagement, Department of Health and Human Services
Today, many employers offer workplace wellness programs intended to encourage healthier lifestyles or prevent disease. These programs, promoted by the Affordable Care Act, can cover a range of health care screenings and tools to help support healthy lifestyles, including for employees with chronic conditions, such as creating work environments that support healthy food and exercise. Employers can also offer incentives or rewards in exchange for participation in a wellness program, such as reductions in monthly health care premiums or cost-sharing amounts like co-pays or deductibles within limits.
In order to administer their wellness programs, employers sometimes offer health screenings that measure things like cholesterol, blood glucose, body weight, and blood pressure levels. Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a proposal for public feedback on the best way to promote healthy living by permitting incentives for wellness, while also ensuring that employee’s personal health info is kept private and confidential. This proposed rule also details the steps employer wellness programs must take to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Read More: Promoting Healthy Living While Protecting the Rights of EmployeesBy Rhett Buttle, Director, Private Sector Engagement, Department of Health and Human Services
Today, many employers offer workplace wellness programs intended to encourage healthier lifestyles or prevent disease. These programs, promoted by the Affordable Care Act, can cover a range of health care screenings and tools to help support healthy lifestyles, including for employees with chronic conditions, such as creating work environments that support healthy food and exercise. Employers can also offer incentives or rewards in exchange for participation in a wellness program, such as reductions in monthly health care premiums or cost-sharing amounts like co-pays or deductibles within limits.
In order to administer their wellness programs, employers sometimes offer health screenings that measure things like cholesterol, blood glucose, body weight, and blood pressure levels. Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a proposal for public feedback on the best way to promote healthy living by permitting incentives for wellness, while also ensuring that employee’s personal health info is kept private and confidential. This proposed rule also details the steps employer wellness programs must take to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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