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Employment Law Commentary - Volume 27, Issue 8, September 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/2/2015

The NLRB’s Decision In Browning-Ferris Industries Of California (2015) One Month Later: Is The Sky Falling For Employers? - The short answer to the question is, “Not yet.” Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc....more

NLRB Redefines and Broadens the Joint Employment Standard

Burr & Forman on 9/4/2015

Just in time for Labor Day, the National Labor Relations Board’s (the Board) Democratic majority handed the organized labor movement one of its biggest legal victories in recent years. The decision radically redefines the...more

Franchisors Could Be “Joint Employers” Under NLRB’s Newly Expanded Test

Perkins Coie on 9/1/2015

Overturning over 30 years of precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on August 27, 2015, “refined” its test for determining whether two separate and independent business entities are a “joint employer” of the...more

Everything Old is New Again: NLRB’s Decision “Restates” Joint Employer Standard

Franczek P.C. on 8/31/2015

In a landmark ruling yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) dramatically revised its standard for determining when two businesses constitute “joint employers” for purposes of collective bargaining and...more

The NLRB Refuses to Require its General Counsel to Explain the Joint Employer Case Against McDonald's

Littler on 8/18/2015

The National Labor Relations Board continues the string of controversial moves in its unfair labor practice cases against McDonald’s. In December 2014, the NLRB’s General Counsel filed thirteen complaints naming the...more

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