“Joint Employer” Doctrine – Page 2

September 21, 2018 by mjpospis

“Temporary” Employee May Pursue Discrimination Claims Against HP

In Gilani v. Hewlett-Packard Company, 15-CV-5609, 2018 WL 4374002 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2018), the court addressed the issue of whether Hewlett-Packard was plaintiff’s “employer” for purposes of Title VII and the ADEA. Plaintiff was, pursuant to employment contract, “formally” employed by a company called Insight Global and worked at an HP location. Because of the…

Sexual Harassment Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Joint Employment and Failure to Respond to Plaintiff’s Complaints

In MARLINE SALVAT, Plaintiff, v. CONSTRUCTION RESOURCES CORP., EMPIRE OUTLET BUILDERS, LLC, L.P. CIMINELLI, INC., and ANTHONY SANGO, Defendants., 2017 WL 6210849, at *1 (S.D.N.Y., 2017), a sexual harassment case, the court denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss, and held that plaintiff pleaded enough to sufficiently allege that that entity was her “joint employer”, and…