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Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation

Dec. 16, 2021

Staffing agency might be co-employer in harassment case

“There are triable issues of fact as to whether ADP took part in the termination of plaintiff and whether this termination was retaliatory and, therefore, against public policy,” wrote Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis.

A human resources company might be considered a co-employer, according to a Los Angeles County judge who denied the company's request to be dismissed from a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit.

Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis found there were triable issues as to whether ADP TotalSource Inc., a Florida-based human resources and consulting firm, was the employer of a...

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