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Cosmetics company loses face in discrimination claim.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03 		Format: Online - approximately 530 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Cosmetics company loses face in discrimination claim.(texas)

Article Excerpt
In a case grappling with the emerging issue of worker classification, a Texas jury has found that an independent contractor deserves the same legal protections as a fulltime employee.

Although the plaintiff was classified as a contractor and filed her taxes accordingly, her lawyer persuaded the jury that the plaintiffs work for Mary Kay, Inc.--a cosmetics-sales company--made her a "superemployee" who was covered by antidiscrimination laws.

Mary Kay sales director Claudine Woolf, who lived and worked in California,...

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