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Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down NRLB’s New Joint-Employer Rule

On March 8, 2024, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) expanded joint-employer rule that would have made it more likely for employers to be...more

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Federal Court Vacates 2023 NLRB Joint Employment Rule And Reinstates 2020 Rule

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On March 8, 2024, a Texas federal court struck down the National Labor Relations Board's new 2023 joint employer rule, which was set to go into effect on March 11, 2024. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et...more

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NLRB Announces Final Rule for Employee-Friendly Joint Employer Test

As HR Legalist predicted when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the proposed rule in September 2022, the pendulum of federal labor and employment law has once again swung in an employee-friendly direction....more

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NLRB’s Proposed New Joint Employer Rule: What to do now to manage the risk

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​​​​​​​On September 7, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would, if adopted, make it much easier for the NLRB to find a company to be a "joint employer" of...more

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Here We Go Again: NLRB Proposes to Re-Re-Define the Joint Employer Test

​​​​​​​For the third time in less than ten years, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) stands ready to alter the “Joint Employer” test. Its stated motive this time is to provide a “clear standard for defining joint...more

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NLRB Continues Political Tennis Match by Reversing Joint Employer Rule

​​​​​​​In 2015, the Democrat-controlled National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new standard for determining when two employers are jointly covered under federal labor laws applicable to a single set of employees. The...more

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NLRB Proposes Reversing Trump-Era Joint-Employer Standard

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​​​​​​​On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a draft rule replacing and significantly altering the Trump-era 2020 joint-employer standard. Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status...more

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NLRB Announces Final Joint Employer Rule

Following in the footsteps of the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its Final Rule regarding joint employment. While the NLRB rarely engages in rulemaking, it deemed it necessary in...more

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NLRB Provides Final Rule Clarifying Joint-Employer Status

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule on joint-employer status after engaging in notice-and-comment rulemaking for more than five months. The rule overturns the NLRB's 2015 decision in Browning...more

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New Standards for Joint Employer Tests from the NLRB

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The National Labor Relations Board‘s (“NLRB”) “joint employer” test has had tremendous implications for hospitality employers due to the industry’s reliance on third-party employees to supplement their workforces. The NLRB...more

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UPDATE: NLRB Tightens Joint Employer Rule in Favor of Employers

This week the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) released the final version of its new standard for the test to be used in determining whether workers are jointly-employed by affiliated businesses (like in scenarios with...more

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Long-Awaited NLRB Joint Employer Rule Sets Employer-Friendly Standard for Joint Employer Determinations

Federal labor agencies have kicked their rulemaking efforts into high gear. One month after the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule defining (and limiting) when one entity can be deemed the joint employer of...more

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National Labor Relations Board Vacates Hy-Brand and Returns to Browning-Ferris Joint Employer Standard

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Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board issued an Order abruptly vacating its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors. In Hy-Brand, issued in December, the Board overturned the controversial joint employer standards...more

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Who Are My Employees?

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The legal landscape for employers is changing. Led by the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”), there is a growing trend to hold employers accountable, not only for their own employees, but also for the employees of...more

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Not Just A Union Issue: NLRB Decision Changing the Test For Joint Employer Status Affects Non-Union Employers, Too

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As the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board"), traditionally the arbiter of all issues involving labor and unions, continues to broaden its reach into the world of non-union employers, it has begun to dismantle...more

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NLRB Finds Joint Employer Status Can Exist Merely Based on Indirect or Potential Control

Overturning decades of precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), on August 27, 2015, issued its long-awaited decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a BFI Newby Island Recyclery, 362 NLRB...more

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