By Ilyse Wolens Schuman and Michael J. Lotito As promised during a Senate hearing conducted earlier this year, members of the House and Senate have … Read more
Can Employers Mandate Vaccinations During a Disease Outbreak?
By Paul Starkman Recently, vaccinations and public health have dominated the national conversation. Much of the focus is on the more than 141 confirmed … Read more
Do You Have to Pay an Employee for Mandatory Alcohol Treatment?
By Eric B. Meyer Are you required to pay an employee for mandatory alcohol treatment? More specifically, as posed in this recent federal court decision, … Read more
Mental Illness on the Job: Coping With “the Workplace’s Dirty Little Secret”
An article on PsyBlog has confirmed the sad truth: The stigma of mental illness is alive and well in the workplace. According to a study published in The … Read more
Senate Committee Told EEOC Must Provide Guidance on Wellness Plans
Editor’s note: Weekly Wrap is taking the week off. It will return next Friday. By Ilyse Wolens Schuman Recent actions by the Equal Employment … Read more
What Is a Full-Time Employee? Senate Panel Hears It’s Not 30 Hours a Week
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman During the first employment-related hearing conducted Friday by the new Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions … Read more
Same-Sex Couples Now Must Marry to Get Employer Health Benefits
Until recently, same-sex couples could not legally marry. Now, some are finding they must wed if they want to keep their partner’s job-based health … Read more
Small Businesses Drop Health Coverage Due to Obamacare Alternatives
For two decades Atlanta restaurant owner Jim Dunn offered a group health plan to his managers and helped pay for it. That ended Dec. 1, after the … Read more
Employers Love Wellness Plans, But the Question is – Do They Even Work?
If you get health insurance at work, chances are you have some sort of wellness plan, too. But so far there’s no real evidence as to whether these plans … Read more
The Challenges an Employee May Have Switching to a Spouse’s Insurance
If a married couple who each have health insurance through a job want to switch coverage from one employer to the other, usually it’s a snap. During the … Read more