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National Labor Relations Board Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR)

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... more +
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 -
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NLRB's New Joint-Employer Standard Drastically Increases Potential Liability for Businesses Employing Third Parties

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) released its Final Rule on October 26, 2023, drastically expanding the circumstances under which separate entities could be considered joint employers. Under the Final Rule,...more

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Proposed Joint Employer Rule May Have Employers Tied in Knots

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Earlier this month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) designed to address the standards the NLRB will use in determining joint employer status under the National Labor...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

NLRB’s Newly-Proposed Joint-Employer Standard Puts Employers on Notice

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, which would significantly alter the standard to determine who is a “joint employer” under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The...more

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Could Leagues and Teams be Joint Employers Before the NLRB?

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to change the standard for determining if two employers may be joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more

Hogan Lovells

NLRB issues new notice of proposed rulemaking on joint-employer standard

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On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposed a new rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Since 2020, a joint employer finding required proof of...more

Morgan Lewis

NLRB Seeks to Broadly Expand Joint Employer Standard

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In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on September 7, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposes an initial regulation that would fundamentally change the definition of “joint employer,” replacing...more

Cozen O'Connor

NLRB Proposes New Joint Employer Standard, Requiring Mere “Indirect” Control

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On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would significantly broaden the standard for determining whether two employers are joint employers...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

National Labor Relations Board Gets Back on the Joint-Employer See-Saw – Proposes Rulemaking to Return to “Brown Ferris” Indirect...

Coming on the heels of the Labor Day holiday, in a long anticipated move, the National Labor Relations (“NLRB”) Board issued a draft of a new proposed joint employer standard, scheduled to be published on September 7, 2022. ...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Board Will Roll Back Joint Employer Standard in 2022

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As an early holiday present to organized labor, the National Labor Relations Board recently announced it will issue proposed rulemaking on joint employers in February 2022, almost certainly reworking the legal standards to...more

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Federal Court Upholds Unworkable Joint Employer Test

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With one final jolt to end the year, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the impractical joint employer test originally adopted by the Obama-era National Labor Relations Board in 2015 was properly enacted and therefore...more

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NLRB Rulemaking Seeks to Clarify Joint-Employer Standard

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On September 14, the National Labor Relations Board published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that could fundamentally change the joint-employer standard established by Browning-Ferris in 2015 and provide more clarity and...more

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