The House Appropriations Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human Services approved a fiscal year 2017 spending bill with provisions which would block several labor initiatives that stand to hurt the travel plaza and truckstop industry.
07-11-2016 There were several important developments the week of March 14 on two labor issues that are critical to 黑料社区members: Efforts to expand the universe of employees entitled to overtime pay; and the joint employer issue, which could expose companies to legal liability for how their subcontractors, staffing agencies, and franchisees treat their employees.
03-18-2016 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 […]
02-01-2016 The House Education and Workforce Committee voted 21-15 Oct. 28 in favor of the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, H.R. 3459, which would restore the longstanding joint employer standard under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Introduced by Congressman John Kline (R-Minn.) in September, H.R. 3459 would undo the recent expansion of joint employer liability under federal law and amend the NLRA by limiting joint employer findings to situations where two or more entities share control over employees that is 鈥渁ctual, direct, and immediate.鈥�
10-29-2015 Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) called the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision to redefine and expand joint employer liability under the National Labor Relations Act the biggest attack on small business opportunity that he鈥檚 seen in a long, long time.
Sen. Alexander made the remarks during his opening statement at a Senate panel hearing on the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. Sen. Alexander recently introduced the measure to revert the joint employer test in place prior to the NLRB鈥檚 August 3-2 decision.
10-08-2015 Republican Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Congressman John Kline (R- MN) on Sept. 9 introduced legislation designed to undo the recent expansion of joint employer liability under federal law. The legislation responds to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision issued last month redefining “joint employer” in a manner that would make it easier for two or more companies to be considered “joint employers.”
09-14-2015 In a 3-2 decision last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in its case against Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) that redefines and expands “joint employer鈥� liability under the National Labor Relations Act, making it easier for two or more companies to be declared joint employers.
08-31-2015 The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected a challenge filed by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and several other business and trade groups against the National Labor Relations Board’s “ambush elections” rule.
07-31-2015 Possible changes to the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 (NLRB) definition of joint employer and expansion of employee overtime eligibility rank among top employer concerns, according to the 2015 Executive Employer Survey Report.
07-17-2015 President Obama on March 31 signed a memorandum of disapproval that effectively vetoed the Congressional Review Act resolution (S.J. Res. 8) to block the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 鈥渁mbush鈥� election rule.
04-02-2015 The U.S. House of Representatives on March 19 voted 232 to 186 in favor of the Congressional Review Act Resolution to block the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 鈥渁mbush鈥� election rule. The President is expected to veto the measure, however, which passed the Senate 53-46 earlier this month.
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