California’s Supreme Court has ruled that a physician who reported concerns related to patient treatment and subsequently was fired did not have to first seek and obtain a mandamus judgment setting aside the hospital’s decision before suing the hospital in state court. Fahlen v. Sutter Central Valley Hospitals, Supreme Court of California, No. S205568, February
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Independent Contractor may be viewed as employee for purposes of Title VII liability.
By Maria Danaher on
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The anti-discrimination provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act apply only to employees. The determination of whether an individual is an “employee” for purposes of that Act depends largely on whether a putative employer exercised control over the manner and means by which the individual performed a job. While most employers assume that…