Tag Archives: Staffing Compaines

Ten Things That Should Be in Your Staffing Agency Agreements But Probably Aren’t

By Todd Lebowitz on March 13, 2023 Posted in Temporary Labor

Retaining temporary labor can be convenient for your business, but the retention introduces new legal risks. Under a joint employment theory, your company can be 100% legally liable for errors made by a staffing agency. You could be sued by temps in a class action. Simple indemnity clauses are not enough. For more on how … Continue Reading

Has the Fifth Circuit Opened the Door for Potential Liability of Staffing Companies?

By Michael Lombardino on August 26, 2015 Posted in EEOC, Staffing Agency

In Burton v. Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and Manpower of Texas, LP, No. 14-50944, — F.3d —-, 2015 WL 4742174 (5th Cir. Aug. 10, 2015), the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for two employers in a staff-leasing/joint-employer relationship. The Fifth Circuit’s New Test for Staffing Company Liability. In Burton, the Fifth … Continue Reading