Welcome back to the wonderful world of co-employment! Those of you following The Emplawyerologist have already been introduced to Tricia the "temp" and Sensational Staffing. If you are just joining us, you can catch up by clicking here, here and here. (Today, we will give Tricia and Sensational a break --- and we won't even worry about whether their state requires rest periods! )If you use a staffing agency, contractor or work with a parent or subsidiary company, you may not have thought much about whether you could be responsible for properly paying those employees. Now, I am sorry if this comes as a rude awakening (really I am!): In fact you could be on the hook here too. While you may not exactly welcome the idea of having to worry about these issues with respect to people who you don't always think of as your employees, it beats having to address them in an infinitely more expensive lawsuit. That said, join The Emplawyerologist after the jump, to find out what you really need to know...

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