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

Benesch on 1/10/2022

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

NLRB Issues Pro-Employer Joint Employment Rule

ArentFox Schiff on 2/28/2020

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

FRANCHISEE 101: Class Not in Session

Lewitt Hackman on 6/29/2018

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

National Labor Relations Board Reverses Course on Joint Employer Test

Perkins Coie on 1/15/2018

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

The NLRB Restores Pre-Browning- Ferris Joint Employer Standard

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 12/21/2017

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

NLRB Overturns Obama Board's Expansion of the Joint-Employer Doctrine

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/19/2017

• A recent National Labor Relations Board decision unexpectedly reversed a controversial Labor Board ruling issued during the Obama administration that had dramatically expanded the joint-employer doctrine and made companies...more

NLRB Overrules Browning-Ferris Joint Employer Standard

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/18/2017

On November 14, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overruled Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) (“BFI”) and returned to the pre-BFI standard that governed joint employer liability. Hy-Brand...more

Is Labor Law Putting the Franchise Business Model at Risk?

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 3/16/2016

Over the course of the last year, we have kept you abreast of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case law and Department of Labor (DOL) interpretive/enforcement guidance, how these agencies are changing their view of the...more

NLRB Decision on Joint Employer Standards Results in a Major Change in Business Relationships

Baker Donelson on 9/18/2015

On, August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a 3-2 decision gutted more than 30 years of legal precedent when it changed the joint employer standard in business relationships. See Browning-Ferris...more

NLRB Issues Significant Ruling on “Joint Employer” Issue

Goulston & Storrs PC on 9/16/2015

In December 2014, we reported that the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had issued 13 complaints naming McDonald's as a “joint employer” of the employees at its franchisees. The complaints alleged...more

In Browning-Ferris, Businesses Lose As the Board Crafts a Solution in Search of a Problem

Benesch on 9/8/2015

Marking a sea-change in labor law and a departure from decades of settled precedent, the National Labor Relations Board formulated a new joint employer standard in August 27’s 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

NLRB Broadens Joint Employment Standard

K&L Gates LLP on 9/4/2015

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board reversed long-standing precedent and ruled that a company may be a joint employer of another company’s workers if it has the right to control those workers, even if that right is...more

NLRB Delivers New Joint-Employer Standard - Decision Leaves Franchisors, Contractors, Parent Companies, and Other Employers...

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/4/2015

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), in a long-anticipated 3-2 decision along party lines, established a new and broader standard for determining whether two separate companies will be deemed joint employers...more

NLRB Jettisons Old Joint-Employer Standard: Significant Implications for Employers Using Staffing Agencies

Stinson LLP on 9/3/2015

In a decision expected to have far-reaching impact for businesses, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision on August 27 which alters the test for determining joint-employer status. Browning-Ferris...more

NLRB Issues Long-Awaited Joint Employer Decision

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/3/2015

A recent ruling of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) dramatically expands the circumstances in which the Board will hold companies responsible for the labor practices of their staffing agencies,...more

Divided NLRB Adopts New Standard for Determining "Joint Employer" Status

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP on 9/2/2015

In what is widely viewed as yet another victory for organized labor at the National Labor Relations Board ("Board"), last week the Board issued a decision lowering the bar for determining when two or more employers may be...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

NLRB Expands “Joint Employer” Definition

Polsinelli on 9/1/2015

In a pivotal decision on August 27, the National Labor Relations Board “refined” its test for determining joint-employer status, broadening the scope of employers subject to joint collective bargaining and concerted activity...more

NLRB’s Expanded “Joint Employers” Test: The Employers’ Perspective

Perkins Coie on 9/1/2015

The decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week in BFI Newby Island Recyclery expands the circumstances in which two otherwise separate and independent employers may be found to be joint employers of a...more

NLRB: When the Law is Not the Law – A Huge Change in Business Relationships

Baker Donelson on 9/1/2015

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a 3-2 decision last Thursday gutted more than 30 years of legal precedent when it changed the joint employer standard in business relationships in a case involving Browning-Ferris...more

NLRB Adopts New Joint Employer Standard

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/31/2015

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed organized labor a major victory that in certain contexts will likely give unions significantly increased leverage at the bargaining table in a landmark ruling issued on...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

NLRB Adopts New Broader Joint-Employer Standard

FordHarrison on 8/31/2015

On August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued its long-awaited decision in Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) substantially changing and expanding the standard for finding a joint-employer...more

NLRB Blows Up Staffing Agency Model: Rewrites Joint-Employer Test

BakerHostetler on 8/31/2015

Boom! In a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board spontaneously redefined joint employment in a way that threatens to turn almost every company that works with a staffing agency into a joint employer for collective...more

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