New year, new rules. At least for companies with workplace wellness programs.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s incentive rule — which dictated that wellness programs are considered voluntary if the incentive or penalty was no more than 30 percent of the cost of the health insurance — will no longer be in effect as of Jan. 1, 2019, following a lawsuit filed by AARP. This has some employers feeling lost on the legality and future of their wellness programs.
