JB Hunt Employees Sue Over Health Plan’s Penalty for Smokers

Current and former JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. employees filed a proposed class action claiming the logistics services company mismanages a wellness program that charges tobacco-using workers $15 more per week for healthcare coverage.

JB Hunt doesn’t properly explain how employees can have these charges waived or tell them that notes from their doctors will be considered when assessing the penalties, plaintiffs Michael Barker and George Cross said in a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Barker and Cross say no one at the company told them they could have these fees ...