Equal employment opportunity commission v. William Beaumont Hospital

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Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, an update/supplemental information on a couple of prior cases that we have discussed previously. First, EEOC v. William Beaumont Hospital, which we discussed here, resulted in a consent decree. The hospital has to pay the plaintiff $30,000 in noneconomic and compensatory damages. Also, within…

Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, an update on the Beaumont Hospital case that we have blogged on twice before. See this blog entry. The update is a consent decree was signed requiring training and a $30,000 payment to the plaintiff. It also has a length of 18 months. I…

This week’s blog entry will be the last substantive blog entry of the calendar year. As mentioned previously, I will put up the greatest hits of 2025 for the Understanding the ADA blog the week of Christmas.

Turning to the blog entry for the week, on November 19, 2025, the United States District Court…

Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, a housekeeping matter, I am thinking that there may be one additional substantive blog for the rest of the year before I do the 2025 greatest hits. My thinking is that one more substantive blog entry after this will appear the week of December 8.…

I hope everybody had a great Fourth of July weekend.

Today’s blog entry deals with a couple of different questions. First, in a situation where a person can no longer do the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations, is reassignment mandatory or is it subject to open competition? Second, what…