April 03, 2017
Orion Energy Systems Inc. has agreed to pay a former employee $100,000 after striking a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that also prohibits it from maintaining an employee wellness program that poses disability-related inquiries, according to a Wisconsin federal court filing Monday.
September 19, 2016
Orion Energy Systems Inc. beat one of several claims from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday when a Wisconsin federal judge found that its wellness program was voluntary, though he also said that the EEOC can apply its new rules on such programs retroactivity.
June 08, 2016
Orion Energy Systems told a Wisconsin federal court Tuesday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is improperly trying to use its recently finalized wellness program rules to retroactively invalidate one of Orion's defenses in a case alleging it wrongfully fired an employee who objected to its wellness program.
May 17, 2016
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday that recently finalized agency regulations prohibit an energy management company's defense to Americans with Disabilities Act claims over its firing of an employee who objected to its wellness program.
January 05, 2016
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Wisconsin federal court Monday not to dismiss its suit accusing Orion Energy System Inc. of penalizing and firing an employee after she declined to participate in a "voluntary" wellness program, saying an insurance safe harbor provision does not shield the company's conduct.
December 02, 2015
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a lighting company on Tuesday both sought rulings in their favor in a case where the agency accuses the Wisconsin-based employer of penalizing and firing an employee after she declined to participate in a "voluntary" wellness program.
November 13, 2015
A Wisconsin federal judge on Thursday denied Orion Energy Systems Inc.'s bid to add a statute-of-limitations defense in a suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the firing of an employee who opted out of a wellness program, saying the company had ample notice to introduce the defense.
October 02, 2015
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday urged a Wisconsin federal judge to deny Orion Energy Systems Inc.'s bid to add a "futile" statute of limitations defense to its answer to the agency's first-of-its-kind lawsuit, which claims an employee was penalized and ultimately fired for opting out of a wellness program.
August 20, 2014
A Wisconsin lighting retrofit company ran afoul of federal law by penalizing an employee, and ultimately firing her, for opting out of a purportedly voluntary corporate wellness program, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed Wednesday.