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Navigating the New Terrain - NLRB's New Joint Employment Standard

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On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on joint employment, reversing its previous standard set in 2020. Employers that have potential control or influence over another entity’s...more

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NLRB proposes sweeping changes for 'joint employers'

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is responsible for overseeing relations between labor and employers for both unionized and non-unionized workplaces and for administering the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

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Democrat-led NLRB Eyes New Independent Contractor and Joint Employer Tests

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The Democrat-majority National Labor Relations Board readied for 2022 by announcing plans to confront two President Trump-era legal tests - one that determines whether an independent contractor is actually an employee...more

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NLRB Issues Pro-Employer Joint Employment Rule

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On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB) issued its final rule governing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (the NLRA). The final rule replaces the Obama administration’s...more

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Positive News On The Joint Employer Front!

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In 2014, David Weil assumed the reins at the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division. Dr. Weil, an economic scholar, set his sights on the concept of joint employment. In academia, his work focused on what he termed a...more

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Entrepreneurial Opportunity and Control - Two Sides of the Same Coin?

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has once again weighed in on the proverbial employee-independent contractor issue, this time by way of its General Counsel. On April 16, 2019, the General Counsel’s office issued an...more

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NLRB Rides the SuperShuttle Back to the Common-Law Test for Independent Contractors

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On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an opinion in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., holding that SuperShuttle DFW franchisees are independent contractors rather than employees and therefore not...more

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The NLRB’s Newest Take on Who Is an Employee under the National Labor Relations Act

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On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued an important decision in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc. and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338, 367 NLRB No. 75, Case 16-RC-010963 (Jan. 25, 2019), holding...more

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Supershuttle Transports Independent Contractor Status into the Spotlight

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On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) affirmed the Acting Regional Director’s determination that franchisees who drive for SuperShuttle are independent contractors, not statutory employees, and...more

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Back to the Future (Again): NLRB Returns to Traditional Independent Contractor Test

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On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc. (367 NLRB No. 75), overruled the Obama-era 2014 FedEx Home Delivery (361 NLRB 610) decision and returned to its traditional...more

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NLRB Restores Common Law Agency Test for Independent Contractor/Employee Status Under NLRA

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• In SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or Board) majority overruled its 2014 decision in FedEx Home Delivery and held that shuttle-van-driver franchisees of SuperShuttle at Dallas Fort Worth...more

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More Workers Likely To Be Considered Independent Contractors and Not Employees, Under NLRB's New Ruling

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The National Labor Relations Board ("the Board") has revised the standard for determining who are independent contractors excluded from the National Labor Relations Act's ("the Act") protections, meaning more workers are...more

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NLRB Extends Deadline For Comment On Joint Employer Proposal

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On October 30, the National Labor Relations Board extended the period for public comment on its proposed rule concerning joint employment. The new deadline is December 13, and comments on the comments will be received through...more

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NLRB Proposes Tougher Standards For Plaintiffs Claiming Joint Employer Liability

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The joint employer question has been a hot topic in franchise and employment litigation for the last few years. You may remember the Browning-Ferris decision of 2015, in which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or...more

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Labor Board Seeks Public Comments On Proposed Rule For Determining Joint-Employer Status

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The National Labor Relations Board has published a proposed rule outlining a new standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. The Board’s decision to use its rulemaking authority —...more

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Labor Board Moves to Clear the Confusion on Joint Employment

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On Friday, September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the latest attempt to address the “joint employer” standard under the National Labor Relations Act. The...more

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NLRB Attempts to Clarify Joint-Employer Relationships With Proposed New Rule

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On September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding its standard for determining the existence of joint-employer relationships. The proposed rule has the potential...more

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NLRB Issues Proposed Rulemaking on the Joint Employer Standard

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The National Labor Relations Board has made good on its recent promise to move forward with rulemaking to re-establish the decades-old joint employer standard in place prior to the Board’s 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris...more

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Labor Board Proposes Complete Overhaul To Joint Employment Rule

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In a move that has been anticipated for several months, the National Relations Labor Board today published a proposed rule that would fundamentally alter the definition of joint employment, making it more difficult for...more

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FRANCHISEE 101: Class Not in Session

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In May, the U.S. Supreme Court held that mandatory arbitration agreements containing class action or collective action waivers must be enforced as written....more

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NLRB Agenda Includes Setting a Regulatory Joint Employer Standard

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We have written previously regarding the saga of the National Labor Relations Board and joint employer status. In short, the question of when a business is responsible for another business’s employees has been in flux for a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Whiplash on the Browning-Ferris Wheel: NLRB Vacates Recent Hy-Brand Decision and Reverts to Obama-Era Joint Employer Standard

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If you are experiencing whiplash from the National Labor Relations Board’s wild ride of a year, you are not alone. In a surprising turn of events, on February 26, 2018, the NLRB vacated its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial...more

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General Counsel Dishes Up Advice on 43 Charges, Including Google’s Decision to Terminate an Employee for Harassment and a Union’s...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In some early spring cleaning, last week the NLRB’s Office of General Counsel released 43 memos authored by its Division of Advice meant to provide guidance to regional offices on pending charges. Here are...more

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National Labor Relations Board Reverses Course on Joint Employer Test

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision relating to the test for joint employment under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The decision upheld the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling that two entities...more

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The NLRB Restores Pre-Browning- Ferris Joint Employer Standard

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The joint employer standard, which is used to determine the extent to which one employer may become liable for obligations of another, has long been a very politically-charged issue. It therefore comes as no surprise that...more

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