The National Labor Relations Board is continuing its rollback of progressive Obama-era decisions under the Trump administration. In recent years, the Board had uprooted several long established standards regarding the determination of independent contractor and joint employment status, leaving employers to scramble to interpret the Board’s new and more progressive direction. However, the Board’s recent decision in SuperShuttle and its proposed new rule on joint employment seem to indicate a return to the pre-Obama-era standards.
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