News & Analysis as of September 20, 2024

Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc.

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

Quarles & Brady LLP on 11/6/2023

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

Howdy Stranger, You're My Employee? NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status

Miller Canfield on 10/27/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Final Rule that makes it much easier for the NLRB to find a company to be a "joint employer" of persons directly employed by its contractors, vendors,...more

What Real Estate Industry Owners, Operators Can Expect From NLRB And DOL Under Biden Administration

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/7/2021

The concept of “joint employment” is an important workplace legal issue and often arises in the real estate industry because industry employers want to avoid liability for another business’s employees’ legal claims. The risk...more

NLRB Ruling Expands Contractors’ Liability for the Actions of Subcontractors

PilieroMazza PLLC on 9/28/2015

In an August 27, 2015 split decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced a new standard for determining when businesses will be considered to be “joint employers,” significantly expanding the scope of joint...more

Bill Seeks to Overturn NLRB's New Joint Employment Standard

Littler on 9/10/2015

After returning from the August congressional recess, lawmakers were quick to introduce a bill that would negate the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in Browning-Ferris. In this controversial decision, the...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 Imposes New "Indirect Control" Joint Employer Standard in Browning-Ferris

Littler on 8/28/2015

On August 27, 2015, the last day of Harry Johnson, III's term as a Board member, the National Labor Relations Board issued its long-awaited decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. The Board voted 3-2 to...more

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