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Congress Approves Resolution to Repeal National Labor Relations Board Joint Employer Regulations

Baker Donelson on 4/17/2024

The U.S. Senate, in a 50-48 vote, approved a resolution to repeal the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) joint employer rule (the Rule). The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the NLRB's...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

Texas Federal Court Strikes Down NLRB Joint Employer Rule

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 3/14/2024

On March 8, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas issued a decision striking down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) recently-adopted rule governing the standard for joint employer status, further delaying the...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

House Votes to Overturn NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 1/19/2024

On Jan. 12, 2024, the House voted 206-177 in favor of a resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new joint employer rule. The final rule, published on Oct. 26, 2023,...more

What Businesses Should Know About the NLRB’s Broad Standard for Joint Employment Status

McGuireWoods LLP on 11/6/2023

On Oct. 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that significantly broadens the definition of “joint employment” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), marking the fifth change to the board’s...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

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 Proposes Rewidening of Joint-Employer Standard

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/9/2022

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unveiled a draft notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to replace its current rule, which clearly defines when two separate entities can be deemed joint...more

NLRB Proposes to Broaden Joint Employment Standard

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 9/8/2022

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a much anticipated proposed rule that would broaden the circumstances under which two companies may be held responsible for labor law...more

D.C. Circuit Weighs in on the NLRB’s Joint-Employer Standard

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 8/9/2022

Consider the following scenario: Your company uses a contractor staffing company to perform cleaning and maintenance tasks at one of its facilities. The contract with the staffing company allows your company to terminate the...more

Not Your Godfather’s Smackdown: Joint Employer Test Must Consider ‘Reserved or Indirect Control,’ D.C. Circuit Rules

BakerHostetler on 8/2/2022

In 2009, the James Brown compilation album The Godfather’s Smackdown, Live! was released.It’sa two-disc compilation of live shows from 1980. I never saw James Brown live, but I did see James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub....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

NLRB: Browning-Ferris Unjustly Found A Joint Employer

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/3/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Browning-Ferris Industries is not a joint employer of employees of one of its contractors. Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., 369 NLRB No. 139 (July 29,...more

NLRB Will Restart Union Representation Elections April 6, 2020

Perkins Coie on 4/13/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a press release on April 1, 2020, stating that, The National Labor Relations Board will not extend its temporary suspension of Board-conducted elections past April 3, 2020 and...more

NLRB Announces Final Joint Employer Rule

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 3/10/2020

Following in the footsteps of the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its Final Rule regarding joint employment. While the NLRB rarely engages in rulemaking, it deemed it necessary in...more

New NLRB Rule Clarifies Joint Employer Doctrine

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 3/5/2020

Reduces Joint Employer Liability, Brings Clarity for Employers - The National Labor Relations Board recently published a new rule clarifying the "joint employer" definition. Employers should welcome the NLRB’s new rule, as...more

NLRB Joint Employer Saga Comes to an End (for now) with New Final Rule

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/5/2020

On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule governing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

NLRB Issues Joint Employer Final Rule

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 3/4/2020

Right on the heels of the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing a new joint employer liability test under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued its own employer-friendly final rule for...more

Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - February 2020 #3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/3/2020

NLRB Issues Final Joint Employer Rule. On February 26, the NLRB published its final rule governing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule Signals a Welcome Return to Sensible Workplace Regulation

Carlton Fields on 2/28/2020

For countless companies that contract with other businesses for human capital or other services in which the employees of one entity are deployed to perform work for another, there is always a risk that the misdeeds of one...more

NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Restores “Substantial Direct and Immediate Control” Test

Littler on 2/27/2020

On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The final rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

NLRB Issues New Rule Narrowing Joint-Employer Standard

Hogan Lovells on 2/26/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced that it is releasing a final rule (the “Rule”) on February 26, 2020 revising the prior joint-employer standard used to hold franchisors or businesses that use employees...more

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