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Watson v. Adecco Employment Services, Inc. & School Board of Brevard County, Fla.
16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D327a
Adecco is a temporary employee placement service, who had a contract with the School Board. The Board had the right to terminate temporary employees Adecco provided to them. Plaintiffs, who were temporary employees, were instructed by the School to wear Santa hats during the Christmas holiday and they refused, arguing their religious beliefs prohibited it. An agreement was reached for the employees to wear red baseball caps instead. The following day, Plaintiffs claim they received a phone call from Adecco telling them not to go into work. Adecco denies making the call and the School denies firing them. Plaintiffs allege religious and racial discrimination under Title VII. Plaintiffs urge Adecco wasliable under the joint employer theory of agency. The court adopted the reasoning of Williams v. Caruso, 966 F. Supp. 287 (D. Del. 1997) and held that Adecco, as a temporary employment agency exercising no control over Plaintiff
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