February 25, 2016
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday told a Wisconsin federal court that it would be appealing to the Seventh Circuit a December ruling finding that a plastic maker's policy requiring mandatory medical exams for employees as part of voluntary wellness programs is legal under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
January 04, 2016
A federal judge has ruled that an Americans with Disabilities Act provision allows employers such as a Wisconsin plastics maker to require employees to undergo medical exams as part of wellness programs tied to voluntary company-subsidized health insurance, handing a loss to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
August 18, 2015
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday there is no safe harbor under the Americans with Disabilities Act for Flambeau Inc.'s illegally required health tests for workers, while the plastics maker blasted the agency for trying make it appear "heartless."
August 06, 2015
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Wednesday that Flambeau Inc. knowingly skirted the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring certain health-related tests for its employees, while the Wisconsin plastics maker insisted its wellness program was legal.
October 01, 2014
A plastics manufacturer illegally required its worker to either undergo a health risk assessment and biometric test or suffer costly consequences, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Tuesday in its second Americans with Disabilities Act suit over a company wellness program.