Opinion ID: 792084
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Crystal Hills10

Text: 24 The payroll records of Crystal Hills, whose accuracy the plaintiff does not dispute, reveal that during the relevant time period, Crystal Hills never had more than eight employees on its payroll. Like the ABC company in the EEOC Manual's example, it also had one or more employees of On-Site (including Arculeo herself) assigned by On-Site to work in Crystal Hills's offices under its supervision, who might be considered to be jointly employed by Crystal Hills. In response to Crystal Hills's motion for summary judgment, supported by its evidence that it never had more than eight employees, Arculeo was obligated to proffer evidence which, viewed in the light most favorable to Arculeo, could increase the number of Crystal Hills employees to fifteen. See Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 56(e) (When a motion for summary judgment is made and supported as provided in this rule, an adverse party may not rest upon the mere allegations or denials of the adverse party's pleading, but the adverse party's response, by affidavits or as otherwise provided in this rule, must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.). 25 The evidence that On-Site employed more than seven people is irrelevant. On-Site and Crystal Hills were not a single integrated employer, and Arculeo does not contend that they were. On-Site employees would not be attributable to Crystal Hills unless there was a basis for deeming Crystal Hills to be their joint employer. Had Arculeo put forth evidence that six On-Site employees in addition to herself were assigned to work under Crystal Hills's supervision in such a manner as would satisfy the requirements of joint employment, we might then be required to decide whether this Circuit permits aggregation under the joint employer doctrine. Arculeo, however, has made no such showing. 26 We therefore need not consider whether we will adopt the principles of the EEOC Manual for aggregation of employees on the basis of joint employment, because even if we did adopt those principles as the law of the Circuit, we would nevertheless be compelled to conclude that Crystal Hills was not within the Title VII definition of employer.