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Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down NRLB’s New Joint-Employer Rule

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/14/2024

On March 8, 2024, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) expanded joint-employer rule that would have made it more likely for employers to be...more

Federal Court Vacates 2023 NLRB Joint Employment Rule And Reinstates 2020 Rule

Lathrop GPM on 3/14/2024

On March 8, 2024, a Texas federal court struck down the National Labor Relations Board's new 2023 joint employer rule, which was set to go into effect on March 11, 2024. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et...more

Federal Court in Texas Strikes Down NLRB Joint Employer Rule and Reinstates Prior Trump Era Rule

Miller Canfield on 3/13/2024

On Friday, March 8, 2024, the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Texas entered an order that struck down the National Labor Relations Board's recently adopted 2023 regulations defining joint employer...more

NLRB Expands Joint Employer Rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/2/2023

Under the Biden Administration’s influence, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB or “the Board”) has proposed a new Final Rule for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The...more

NLRB Issues New Rule Relaxing Joint Employer Standard

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 10/27/2023

In a much-anticipated rulemaking, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has established a new standard for determining whether two employers are joint employers of particular employees within the meaning of...more

NLRB Creates NEW Joint Employer “Test” Likely Resulting in De Facto Liability for Employers Regarding Another Employer’s...

Amundsen Davis LLC on 10/27/2023

Today the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officially published its NEW Joint Employer Rule, that lowers the standard to an unprecedented level whereby an entity may be deemed jointly liable and responsible under the...more

Labor Board’s Finalized Joint Employer Rule Ensures More Workers Will Seek Union Membership: Your 10-Step Plan

Fisher Phillips on 10/26/2023

The National Labor Relations Board just released its final joint employer rule that makes it easier for workers to be considered employees of more than one entity for labor relations purposes – a move that will result in...more

November Tip of the Month: NLRB Proposes New “Joint Employer” Legal Standard

Perkins Coie on 12/1/2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) which, if adopted, would establish a new “joint employer” legal standard under the National Labor Relations Act...more

The NLRB’s Proposed Joint Employer Rule – A Directly, Indirectly, Would’ve, Could’ve, Even-if-You-Don’t-Actually Kind of Test for...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/13/2022

Last Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published an anticipated Proposed Rule on joint employer status. The Proposed Rule, which is designed to apply for all purposes under the National Labor Relations Act...more

New NLRB Proposed Rule Expands Joint Employer Definition

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 9/12/2022

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposed a new rule to expand the definition of “joint employer” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). If the proposed rule is adopted, a party will be...more

The Never-Ending Story? NLRB Proposes New Rule Shifting Back to Broad Definition of ‘Joint Employer’

Fisher Phillips on 9/8/2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just proposed a controversial new rule that could soon make it easier for workers to be considered employees of more than one entity for labor relations purposes. The Biden...more

Fourth Time’s the Charm? NLRB Now Set to Change Joint-Employer Standard After Federal Appeals Court Punts Case Back to the Board

Fisher Phillips on 8/11/2022

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. recently issued a decision in the latest installment of the Browning-Ferris joint-employer dispute that should serve as a reminder to employers across the country that change is...more

OFCCP Week In Review: June 2022 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 6/27/2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more

Top Five Labor Law Developments For July 2020

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/13/2020

1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) modified its standard for determining whether an employer may lawfully discipline an employee for abusive or offensive statements and conduct in the context of activity otherwise...more

6 Key Takeaways | National Labor Relations Board Issues New Final Rule on Joint Employers

Kilpatrick on 3/2/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB/Board) recently issued a new rule effectively overturning an Obama-era precedent on joint employer status and making it harder to show that two companies are joint employers. In doing...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

NLRB Announces Final Joint Employer Rule

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 2/26/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) announced yesterday that it will issue its final rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”) today, February 26, 2020. This...more

NLRB Issues its Final Rule for its New Joint Employer Standard

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 2/26/2020

This morning the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) unveiled the final rule setting forth the new legal test it will apply in analyzing whether affiliated businesses are “joint employers”. The final rule, which will...more

5 Things You Need To Know About The Labor Board’s New Joint Employment Rule

Fisher Phillips on 2/26/2020

The National Labor Relations Board just published a final rule that will soon fundamentally alter the definition of joint employment, making it more difficult for businesses to be held legally responsible for alleged labor...more

Labor Department’s Proposed Four-Factor Rule Would Limit Joint Employment

Fisher Phillips on 4/2/2019

The U.S. Department of Labor just became the latest federal agency to propose a rule to limit the scope of joint employment liability, this time for wage and hour matters. If the rule released earlier yesterday is adopted in...more

New Joint-Employer Standard Properly Developed But Improperly Applied, Rules Federal Appeals Court

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/16/2019

There have been many precedent changing decisions coming from the NLRB in the last few years. Few of these changes were more hotly contested, or farther reaching, than the Board’s decision in Browning-Ferris where it altered...more

D.C. Circuit “Refines” the NLRB’s Joint Employer Test

Butler Snow LLP on 1/7/2019

In a 2-1 decision issued December 28, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) determination that both an employer’s reserved authority...more

NLRB Proposes Tougher Standards For Plaintiffs Claiming Joint Employer Liability

Lewitt Hackman on 9/27/2018

The joint employer question has been a hot topic in franchise and employment litigation for the last few years. You may remember the Browning-Ferris decision of 2015, in which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or...more

Labor Board Moves to Clear the Confusion on Joint Employment

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/25/2018

On Friday, September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the latest attempt to address the “joint employer” standard under the National Labor Relations Act. The...more

NLRB Attempts to Clarify Joint-Employer Relationships With Proposed New Rule

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/20/2018

On September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding its standard for determining the existence of joint-employer relationships. The proposed rule has the potential...more

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