An employer may be held liable for discrimination by third parties, including independent contractors authorized by the employer to make hiring decisions on its behalf, a federal appeals court held last week.
Clarifying its case law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court judge who had granted summary judgment to an employer under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act in Halpert v. Manhattan Apartments Inc., 07-4074-cv.
The Second Circuit decision appears on page 30 of the print edition of today’s Law Journal.
