Home Depot Wasn’t Joint Employer of Worker With California Labor Law Claims, Court Says

Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. was not the joint employer of a flooring installer who brought California Labor Code claims against the home improvement retailer and an installation subcontractor that was his actual employer, the California Court of Appeal held April 17 (Olmstead v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 2015 BL 110036, Cal. Ct. App., B248296, 4/17/15)

Kris Olmstead sued Home Depot and subcontractor Cover-All Inc. on behalf of a putative class of all workers the two companies employed in California “who worked installing flooring or carpeting pursuant to installation services sold by Home Depot and performed by Cover-All ...