Continuing Education

MASTERING WORKPLACE WELLNESS LAWS CERTIFICATE COURSE

Registration is available soon!

This comprehensive, peer-reviewed, self-study course is designed for workplace wellness, human resources, benefits, and interdisciplinary professionals who are responsible for the management and maintenance of workplace wellness laws, procedures, and practices. Gain a deeper understanding of the laws that impact workplace wellness program design and implementation. 

Knowing what wellness programs can and cannot do under the law is vital to a strong, compliant program. This course gives a basic overview of law and the United States' legal system and dives into a wide array of legal topics that can influence the impact of a workplace wellness program. 

Questions this course addresses include: 

  • What workplace wellness laws do I need to know? 
  • Why should I apply the workplace wellness laws? 
  • How do I apply the workplace wellness laws? 

The book, Rule the Rules of Workplace Wellness Programs (2nd Edition), by Barbara J. Zabawa, JD, MPH, and JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek, PhD, serves as the core textbook for the course and is included with the registration (shipment to U.S. addresses only). The textbook is supplemented by required online lesson (interactive study guides) for each of the book's 11 chapters.

Participants must pass a final open-book online exam and complete the course evaluation to earn a professional certificate and 16 continuing education credits.

 

Who is this course designed for?

  • Workplace wellness directors and managers 
  • Workplace wellness professionals 
  • Health educators 
  • Insurance agents 
  • Workplace wellness vendors 
  • Employee benefits professionals 
  • Health Coaches  
  • Human resources professionals 
  • Health plan underwriters 
  • Occupational health professionals 
  • Lawyers
  • Graduate students in wellness/health promotion (take this course as an independent study course for academic credit with advisor approval) 

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 

  • describe how the law and risk management pertain to workplace wellness  
  • understand and appreciate the many red flags that arise in workplace wellness programs, particularly those that tie incentives to achievement  
  • intelligently discuss workplace wellness legal issues with legal counsel 
  • educate and train workplace wellness staff to help them provide compliant and effective programs 
  • develop a “compliance culture” in the workplace 
  • develop, implement, and modify, as necessary, workplace wellness program plans  
  • explain how knowledge and application of workplace wellness laws can: 
    • reduce costly legal claims and lawsuits that can occur in high legal risk workplace wellness programs 
    • enhance the quality of workplace wellness programs and services 
    • improve workplace wellness program effectiveness and efficiency 
    • increase wellness program participation and decrease costs 

Registration

Registration is available soon! 

Register for this course through the National Wellness Institute. Online course access begins on the 15th of every other month. You must register at least two weeks BEFORE the course start date (by the first of the month in which the course begins) to ensure you receive your copy of the textbook before your access to the study guides in the NWI Online Learning Portal begins.

You will have 12 weeks from your course start date to complete all chapter study guides and the online exam at your own pace. The book includes 11 chapters; completing at least one chapter and the associated study guide per week is recommended.

Registration Rate: $485

Questions?
If you have questions about a program you completed previously or about this course, please contact us at bzabawa@wellnesslaw.com 

CONTACT US

Email: bzabawa@wellnesslaw.com
Phone: 608.579.1267 

DISCLAIMER

The courses, resources, and information provided on this website are designed for educational purposes only and should never be considered or construed to be the provision of legal advice. For individual legal advice, it is necessary to obtain legal counsel in the jurisdiction where such appropriate advice can be provided.