Opinion ID: 1450589
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Bellevue's Functional Control Over Barfield's Work

Text: Having reviewed the record de novo, we cannot improve on the district court's thoughtful analysis of the six Zheng factors relevant to determining functional control, which we, therefore, adopt as our own. See Barfield v. N.Y. City Health & Hosps. Corp., 432 F.Supp.2d at 393-94. Like the district court, we independently conclude that the record admits no material issue of fact on the following Zheng factors: (1) Barfield worked on Bellevue's premises using Bellevue equipment; (2) no referral agency shifted its employees as a unit from one hospital to another, but instead each assigned health care workers, including Barfield, to the same facility whenever possible to ensure continuity of care; (3) Barfield performed work integral to Bellevue's operation; (4) Barfield's work responsibilities at Bellevue remained the same regardless of which agency referred her for a particular assignment; (5) Bellevue effectively controlled the on-site terms and conditions of Barfield's employment; and (6) Barfield worked exclusively for Bellevue. Further, like the district court, we conclude that the degree of control Bellevue exercised over the hiring and firing of agency employees only reinforces the economic reality that Bellevue exerted sufficient functional control over agency-referred workers to be treated as their joint employer. [8]