Fresh Ideas employs part-time workers through a staffing firm.After the staffing firm sent over a part-time office assistant,Fresh Ideas asked the firm to replace her with someone from a different race.The replaced office assistant cannot proceed with a discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act since she (the part-time office assistant)was never an employee of Fresh Ideas.

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Fresh Ideas can be found liable because an employer using a staffing firm cannot avoid liability for discriminating against a temporary worker merely because it did not "employ" the worker. Employers may be held liable as "third-party interferers" under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For example, if an employer decides to ask its staffing firm to replace the temporary receptionist with one of another race, the receptionist could proceed with a Title VII claim against the employer because it improperly interfered with her employment opportunities with the staffing firm.

Fresh Ideas Employs Part-Time Workers Through a Staffing Firm