As NATSO has previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December reversed the controversial Obama-era standard for “joint employment” under the National Labor Relations Act. This was a […]
01-16-2018 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Dec. 14 reversed its position on the joint employer standard, returning the standard to its pre-2015 definition and ending years of uncertainty within the business community about the definition of joint employer.
12-15-2017 The House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing Sept. 13 on legislative efforts to change the joint employer standard. Specifically, the hearing considered a bill by Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairman Bradley Byrne (R-AL), the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441), which would return the joint employer standard to a narrower definition that holds responsible only employers who have direct, actual, and immediate control over terms of employment.
09-14-2017 House lawmakers on July 27 introduced bipartisan legislation that would reinstate the longstanding Joint Employer Standard that was revised during President Obama’s second term by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Department of Labor (DOL).
07-27-2017 The House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on July 12 to examine the murky joint employer standard that has generated much uncertainty in the employment community. The Coalition to Save Local Businesses, of which NATSO is an active member, submitted testimony to the Committee urging Congress to pass legislation clarifying the joint employer standard in a manner that will protect employees while enabling small businesses to avoid legal uncertainties and litigation.
07-13-2017 A bipartisan group of nearly 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives recently called on the House Appropriations Committee leaders to include language in the Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill that would delay the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new joint employer liability standard.
04-10-2017 The Senate Small Business Committee held a hearing on June 16 examining the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) new joint employer standard, where lawmakers heard from witnesses that businesses are fearful and uncertain about their legal responsibilities.
06-20-2016 As part of a broader Republican policy agenda before the November elections, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) unveiled a regulatory reform agenda that outlines a number of policy proposals aimed at reining in federal regulations and giving Congress more power over regulators and authority to approve or reject major rules.
06-20-2016 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sued Domino’s LLC, the worldwide pizza chain, seeking to hold the company liable as a joint employer with several New York franchisees. The lawsuit represents the first time a state enforcement agency has sought to avail itself of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) recently revised joint employer standard, and is the latest in a recent trend of aggressive government enforcement actions with respect to joint employer liability.
06-10-2016 In comments submitted to the House Small Business Committee March 22, NATSO urged Congress to restore the joint employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to the “efficient” and “effective” rule that had been in place for more than 30 years prior to the National Labor Relations Board’s controversial August decision in its case against Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) that redefined and expanded “joint employer” liability.
03-25-2016 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently revised the so-called “joint employer” standard significantly to expand the scope of determining “co-employment” under the National Labor Relations Act. Specifically, the NLRB […]
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