Tuesday, June 1, 2021
For years (and we do mean years), the EEOC has waffled about whether incentives were permissible in connection with a medical inquiry under a voluntary wellness program. Friday, the EEOC issued its most recent pronouncement on the topic, this time related to incentives for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The ADA prohibits employers from requiring medical examinations or making “disability-related inquiries” except in very limited circumstances. One such exception is in the case of a voluntary wellness program. But it has never been clear what voluntary means in this situation. Is it voluntary if an incentive is provided?
A Brief Primer on Incentives and “Voluntary” Wellness Programs Under The ADA
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For years (and we do mean years), the EEOC has waffled about whether incentives were permissible in connection with a medical inquiry under a voluntary wellness program. Friday, the EEOC issued its most recent pronouncement on the topic, this time related to incentives for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The ADA prohibits employers from requiring medical examinations or making “disability-related inquiries” except in very limited circumstances. One such exception is in the case of a voluntary wellness program. But it has never been clear what voluntary means in this situation. Is it voluntary if an incentive is provided?
Mark Cuban Invests in NFT Tracker CryptoSlam
Every other week there’s news about Mark Cuban and NFTs now.
In brief
The amount he put in hasn’t been disclosed.
Cuban’s pretty bullish on NFTs.
Billionaire
Shark Tank star, Dallas Mavericks owner, and high-profile crypto fan Mark Cuban has invested in an NFT data aggregator service called CryptoSlam through his venture capital company, Radical Investments.
CryptoSlam started life in 2018 in Austin, Texas, when digital collectibles fan Randy Wasinger launched the site to track Major League Baseball Champions collectibles. Wasinger has since built the site into one of the biggest NFT aggregators on the web, tracking trading metrics from over 50 different NFT projects, including NBA Top Shot, NFT fantasy soccer game Sorare and art project Cryptopunks.
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