User:Loonatik48

Co-employment Defined
Almost all laws relating to harassment, discrimination, and safety in the workplace require an “employer/employee” relationship. Examples of such laws are Title VII (which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin), the Family and Medical Leave Act, and OSHA. When contingent workers are on assignment, they remain “employees” of their staffing agency, not the customer. Courts have allowed contingent workers to sue the customer if the allegations directly relate to the assignment, however. The rationale is that the customer acted as a “secondary employer”, or a “co-employer” (with the staffing agency), and so is potentially liable as an “employer” to the contingent worker under the law.

--Loonatik48 (talk) 02:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)