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EEOC Must Revisit Workplace Wellness Rules

Judge rules EEOC failed to justify its 30% cap on cost incentives for workers participating in the programs.

By C. Ryan Barber, InsideCounsel | Updated on August 28, 2017

A federal judge last week sent the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission back to the drawing board on regulations for increasingly popular workplace wellness programs, ruling in part that the agency failed to justify its 30% cap on cost incentives for participating workers.

AARP challenged the rule in October, arguing it would allow employers to illegally access private health information and potentially use that data in a discriminatory manner.

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