The Department of Labor on Oct. 11 issued a proposed rule that would expand the definition of who is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
10-11-2022 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Sept. 6, 2022, issued a proposal to revise its joint employer standard, which took effect in 2020 under the Trump Administration.
09-07-2022 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Feb. 26 is issuing its Final Rule governing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. The final rule reinstates the traditional joint-employer standard […]
02-25-2020The Department of Labor on Jan. 12 promulgated its final rule on Joint Employer Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The 164-page final rule consolidates a four-factor balancing test introduced in the April 2019 proposed rule, and it will be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Jan. 16.
01-14-2020 The U.S. Department of Labor on April 1 released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to provide a definition of 鈥渏oint employment鈥� in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
04-01-2019 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) rules for determining when two different employers — such as business and its franchisees — are “joint employers” are too broad. This is a positive development for 黑料社区members and employers in general, as the broad standard has injected much uncertainty and costs into many business operations, particularly such as travel centers where the franchisee-franchisor relationship is ubiquitous.
01-02-2019 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鈥檚 second term by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Department of Labor (DOL).
07-27-2017 In a positive development for employers, particularly the franchise community, the Department of Labor (DOL) has officially withdrawn its guidance on joint employment and independent contractors.
06-08-2017 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鈥檚 (NLRB) new joint employer liability standard.
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