The Supreme Court of California has ruled that a third-party vendor performing job application screening services for an employer can be sued directly for discrimination under the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The ruling in Raines v. U.S. Healthworks Medical Group aligns California law with the federal courts’ interpretation that Title VII and other federal antidiscrimination statutes extend liability to third-party vendors acting on an employer’s behalf.
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