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EEOC issues rules on employee wellness programs, even as court fights rage over its take on the law

By Jamie Kelly | Thursday, Jun 2, 2016 @ 4:54pm

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations last month about what employers can and cannot do to encourage or even require employee participation in employer-sponsored wellness programs, while still complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act (GINA).But those new rules have come amid pitched legal battles over whether the commission’s interpretation of those law is even correct.