News & Analysis as of September 22, 2024

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NLRB Withdraws Appeal of Joint Employer Rule Decision

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/29/2024

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) withdrew its bid to save its new joint employer rule, which would have treated some entities as joint employers with their contractors or franchises, even when those...more

Federal Court Invalidates NLRB’s Joint Employer Standard

Hinckley Allen on 3/14/2024

Update: As we indicate below, the NLRB’s final rule regarding the standard to determine joint-employer status under the NLRA was met with a challenge in the court system, and on March 8, 2024, just days before the applicable...more

Federal Court Strikes Down NLRB’s Expansive “Joint Employment” Standard

Polsinelli on 3/12/2024

On the eve of its going into effect, a federal court struck down the expansive joint-employment standard announced by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) last fall. At issue is who may be considered a...more

What’s Mine is Yours and What’s Yours is Mine: The NLRB’s New Joint Employer Rule Vastly Expands Joint Employer Status

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 11/9/2023

Do you know who your employees are? It seems pretty simple – those individuals on your payroll whose employment you control and supervise, right? Not so fast, says the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board)....more

New NLRB Rule Spells McTrouble for Some Employers

Lowndes on 11/3/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has published a final rule regarding the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This significant development clarifies how two...more

NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/2/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “the Board”) issued its long-awaited final rule (“New Rule”) addressing the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations...more

How Low Can You Go? Labor Board’s Final Joint Employer Rule Sets Exceedingly Low Bar for Assessing Joint Employer Liability

ArentFox Schiff on 11/2/2023

It’s back . . . like a bad penny or another season of “Bachelor in Paradise.” Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) announced the return of its new and expanded “BFI standard” for determining “joint...more

NLRB Issues New Rule Broadening Joint-Employer Status

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/1/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a final rule setting forth a new standard for joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The new rule, which is set to go into effect on...more

NLRB Vastly Expands Joint Employer Definition

BakerHostetler on 10/30/2023

On October 26, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) announced a new Final Rule that changes the test for determining who is a joint employer. The rule drastically expands the scope of joint employment,...more

NLRB Announces Final Rule for Employee-Friendly Joint Employer Test

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 10/30/2023

As HR Legalist predicted when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced the proposed rule in September 2022, the pendulum of federal labor and employment law has once again swung in an employee-friendly direction....more

The NLRB Issues a New Joint Employer Rule Providing that Indirect and/or Reserved Control of Essential Employment Terms is...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/30/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board published its newest Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status in the Federal Register, which becomes effective 60 days from publication. In many ways, the Rule...more

NLRB Casts Wider Joint-Employer Net With New Final Rule

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/30/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule for joint-employer status that will make it far more likely for one business to be deemed a joint employer of another business’s employees...more

NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/30/2023

On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its final rule on the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act, effective December 26, 2023. The new rule...more

NLRB's Final Rule Revamps Definition of Joint Employers – What Employers, Franchisors, and Staffing Agencies Should Know

FordHarrison on 10/27/2023

Executive Summary: Yesterday (October 26, 2023), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule addressing the standard for joint employer status. It expands liability for affiliated businesses, mandating...more

Board Expands Definition of “Joint Employer” Yet Again

Polsinelli on 10/27/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) published its final rule in the Federal Register, which has the effect of greatly expanding who may be considered a “joint employer” under the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”)....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

NLRB Proposes New Joint Employer Rule

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 10/6/2022

Do you know which workers are your employees? That answer may change if a new rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) takes effect. Last month, the NLRB issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the...more

NLRB’s Proposed New Joint Employer Rule: What to do now to manage the risk

Miller Canfield on 9/21/2022

On September 7, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would, if adopted, make it much easier for the NLRB to find a company to be a "joint employer" of...more

Here We Go Again: NLRB Proposes to Re-Re-Define the Joint Employer Test

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 9/13/2022

For the third time in less than ten years, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) stands ready to alter the “Joint Employer” test. Its stated motive this time is to provide a “clear standard for defining joint...more

NLRB Proposes New Rules Expanding Joint Employer Status

Miller Nash LLP on 9/8/2022

The ping pong game over who is a joint employer under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act") continues. On September 6, 2022, the Biden-appointed majority controlling the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board")...more

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 Plans to Revise Joint Employer Standard Once Again

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 12/16/2021

On Friday, December 10, 2021, the Board announced in its regulatory agenda that it plans to engage in rulemaking on the standard for determining whether two employers are “joint employers” under the NLRA. ...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2020 Year In Review – An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/24/2021

INTRODUCTION - In our last Review, we reported that the National Labor Relations Board had a very busy year. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was also a fairly busy year for the Board. In its final...more

Who’s The Boss? The NLRB Clarified Joint Employment (Again)

Burr & Forman on 3/18/2020

As our clients know, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) does not only regulate unionized workforces. The Board’s rulemaking and legal decisions affect all workplaces: both unionized and non-union....more

NLRB Issues Much Anticipated Joint Employer Rule Returning to its ”Substantial Direct and Immediate Control” Test and Providing...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/10/2020

On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board”) issued its final rule setting forth the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). ...more

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