Temporary staffing agencies are especially prone to employment lawsuits because they are frequently responsible not just for their own discrimination, but for the illegal employment practices of the companies that they place temporary workers with, i.e., their own customers. According to the EEOC press release, two Jewish brothers working at Administaff temporary placement agency in Baltimore were subject to harassing and illegal anti-semitic comments and conduct, including being thrown in a dumpster. The employees were deemed jointly employed by Conn-X, a Florida based company, and Administaff, the temporary staffing agency.
The result was not just a federal lawsuit and a significant monetary settlement, but the company was forced to enter into a consent decree that ensure that it alters its workplace environment to prevent any similar conduct from occuring in the future.
Sarelson Law Firm has experience in religious discrimination lawsuits and in crafting settlement agreements that provide both monetary and non-monetary relief.
