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Employer can be liable for non-workplace matters

In a decision in February 2019 the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of EEOC v. Global Horizons, Inc. held that employers who use separate contractors to recruit H-2A workers can be liable under Title VII as a joint employer for claims related to such issues as housing, meals and transportation, even though such tasks are assigned to the contractor by contract.

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