Variability and Limits of US State Laws Regulating Workplace Wellness Programs
Autor: | Andrea M. Garcia, Adam Davey, Randy Vesprey, Jennifer L. Pomeranz |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Health Promotion Workplace wellness 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine State (polity) Humans 030212 general & internal medicine AJPH Policy Workplace Health policy Occupational Health media_common Motivation Public Sector business.industry Health Policy Public sector Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Private sector 030210 environmental & occupational health United States Legal research Health promotion Incentive Law Private Sector Business |
Popis: | We examined variability in state laws related to workplace wellness programs for public and private employers. We conducted legal research using LexisNexis and Westlaw to create a master list of US state laws that existed in 2014 dedicated to workplace wellness programs. The master list was then divided into laws focusing on public employers and private employers. We created 2 codebooks to describe the variables used to examine the laws. Coders used LawAtlasSM Workbench to code the laws related to workplace wellness programs. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia had laws related to workplace wellness programs in 2014. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia had laws dedicated to public employers, and 16 states had laws dedicated to private employers. Nine states and the District of Columbia had laws that did not specify employer type. State laws varied greatly in their methods of encouraging or shaping wellness program requirements. Few states have comprehensive requirements or incentives to support evidence-based workplace wellness programs. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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