What workers want from wellness plans may get firms in legal trouble

By Jared Bilski

There’s good news and there’s bad news regarding wellness programs. The good news: Workers do seem to have a keen interest in wellness. The bad: What they want may put employers in the feds’ cross hairs.

These are some of the key findings from a recent study by HealthMine.
The study found that three-quarters of employees would engage more fully in a wellness plan that included incentive levels and rewards for achieving goals such as maintaining ideal weight, sticking to a drug regimen that addresses chronic diseases and not smoking.

Key measurements

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