United States Second Circuit

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC 2000e-2, et seq., an "employee" is determined by the extent to which the hiring party controls the manner and means by which the worker completes her assigned tasks, rather than on how she is treated for tax purposes or whether she receives benefits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2001
• Published 01/10/2001

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:, Before CABRANES and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and CEDARBAUM, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Schneider, Newburgh, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Barbara L. Sloan, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.


• For Appellees:
  
• Vincent Toomey, Lake Success, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.