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Employers or Vendors? Who’s Legally Responsible for WW Compliance?

Wellness Law Attorney, Barbara Zabawa, has partnered with WELCOA to provide best practices when it comes to the legal landscape of your wellness program. In this session, we will discuss whether and when workplace wellness program vendors (including broker/consultants) bear legal risk when administering corporate wellness programs, and when the employer bears that risk. We…


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WELCOA’S National Wellness Compensation Report

WELCOA’s National Wellness Compensation Report shines a light on the key demographic, occupational, financial, worksite health management, professional development, and quality of life insights reported by survey respondents. The original survey, first conducted in 2012, was believed to be the first-ever compensation survey conducted on a cross-section of worksite wellness and affiliated health management personnel. Since then, the field of worksite well-being, and the professional roles and responsibilities of the career track, have changed dramatically.


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Are Employers Legally Required to Implement Workplace Wellness Programs?

In this webinar, we will discuss ERISA fiduciary duty and whether employers have a fiduciary duty to implement wellness programs that could potentially save the group health plan money. The session will cover basic legal principles involving ERISA law and then apply those concepts to workplace wellness to determine if wellness program stakeholders can advocate…


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Legal Issues Involving HRAs and Biometric Screens

Two recent lawsuits, one brought by the AARP (again) and one against the City of Chicago’s wellness program, involve HRAs and biometric screens. After discussing these cases and the implications for workplace wellness programs, we will discuss other legal issues that HRAs and biometric screens present.


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What Does a ‘Voluntary’ Workplace Wellness Program Mean Anyway?

In this webinar, Barbara will discuss the laws that use the word voluntary, legal cases in which the word “voluntary” was at issue, and how workplace wellness program designers should really be thinking about that word to avoid violating workplace wellness program laws.


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Mental Health Parity Law for Employers

When it comes to building your worksite wellness program, do you know which types of incentives are permissible, which laws impact wellness program design and implementation, and how health reform, federal guidance and court cases will continue to change the rules for wellness? WELCOA has partnered with Wellness Law Attorney, Barbara Zabawa, to provide live quarterly webinars guiding participants on best practices when it comes to the legal landscape of your wellness program.


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Wellness Laws Can Address Discrimination in Employer COVID19 Responses

When it comes to building your worksite wellness program, do you know which types of incentives are permissible, which laws impact wellness program design and implementation, and how health reform, federal guidance and court cases will continue to change the rules for wellness?


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Dissecting the OSHA COVID19 Vaccine Mandate Rules

Learn the who, what, when, where, and why regarding the new OSHA COVID19 Vaccine Rules. This webinar will highlight the key components of the new rules and leave time for your questions. Legal challenges to the rules will also be discussed.


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Legal Considerations for Vaccinating Employees Against COVID-19

Corporate wellness is as much of an issue of health as it is a matter of law. When it comes to building your worksite wellness program, do you know which types of incentives are permissible, which laws impact wellness program design and implementation, and how health reform, federal guidance and court cases will continue to change the rules for wellness?


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Legal Roundtable (Guest Speaker: Heather Sittler)

This session will be an interactive discussion with Senior Health Strategist, Heather Sittler, about wellness program challenges, from a legal perspective, and how her company, Hylant, solved those challenges.


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