Staffing Agency's Worker Qualifies as Client's Employee

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a worker hired by a staffing agency and assigned to a client qualified as an employee of the client company under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Case: Waste Management of Texas v. Stevenson, No. 19-0282, 04/30/2021, published. Facts: Taylor Smith Consulting LLC, a temporary labor supplier, hired Robert Stevenson. Taylor assigned Stevenson to work for Waste Management of Texas Inc. The assignment was covered by a contract between Taylor and Waste Management National Services Inc. WMT was not a party to the contract. In May 2014, Stevenson was wo...