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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

D.C. Circuit Partially Upholds Obama-Era Joint Employer Test

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/14/2019

Perhaps the top priority of the Trump-appointed National Labor Relations Board has been to reverse its predecessor’s decision in Browning-Ferris. This decision expanded the traditional notion of joint employment, giving the...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor - Issue 4, Winter 2017

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/11/2017

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued making life more difficult for employers in 2016. The agency issued a host of decisions that significantly expand the number and type of individuals that unions can seek to...more

Joint Employer Standard Causing Jurisdictional Headaches

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/17/2016

Ever since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) blew open the joint employer concept last year in Browning-Ferris, it has been a rocky road for all involved to understand the implications of this new standard. The latest...more

Joint-Employer Status: New NLRB Standards Reset the Stage and Redefine the Players

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/15/2015

For those liberals and conservatives who do not think of themselves as “joint employers” of their doctors, lawyers, pet groomers, personal trainers, disc jockeys, and baristas, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or...more

OSHA Testing Joint Enterprise Theory in Wake of NLRB Ruling

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/10/2015

Around the same time the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its controversial and precedent-shattering decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a BFI Newby Island Recyclery, a franchise...more

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