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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

NLRB Rule Vastly Expanding Joint Employer Risk Under the National Labor Relations Act is Vacated before Taking Effect

Benesch on 3/14/2024

A National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) rule set to take effect on Monday, March 11 and slated to significantly expand the circumstances in which a company would be deemed a joint employer under the National Labor...more

Court Vacates New NLRB Joint Employer Rule

BakerHostetler on 3/12/2024

On Friday night, March 8, a federal district court in Texas vacated the new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule on joint employment. The rule was scheduled to take effect today, March 11....more

Texas Federal Judge Struck Down Labor Board’s New Joint-Employer Rule

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/12/2024

A federal judge for the U.S. Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s new joint-employer rule, finding the rule too expansive. U.S. Chamber of Commerce et al. v. NLRB et al., No. 6:23-cv-00553...more

Federal Court Throws Out NLRB’s Controversial Joint Employer Rule

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/12/2024

In a move welcomed by employers nationwide, a Texas federal court judge has vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed joint employer rule. The decision, handed down late on March 8, 2024 by Judge J. Campbell...more

NLRB Does 180º (360º? 540º?) Turn on Independent Contractor Analysis; It May Not Matter

McCarter & English, LLP on 6/22/2023

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) provides a host of labor-related rights for private-sector employees, including the right to form or join unions, the ability to compel employers to collectively bargain with the unions...more

Labor Board Returns to 2014 Test for Determining Whether Individual Is Independent Contractor

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/21/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has returned to its Obama-era standard for determining whether an individual is an independent contractor under the National Labor Relations Act. The Atlanta Opera, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 95...more

No Need To Panic: The NLRB’s Atlanta Opera Decision Is Unlikely To Have a Major Impact on Independent Contractor Classification...

BakerHostetler on 6/15/2023

The sky is not falling. When the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued its Atlanta Opera decision on June 14, I read the decision. Then I read some of the commentary issued quickly by news outlets right...more

Employment Flash - May 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/29/2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including regarding a DOJ appeal of the EEOC's heightened pay reporting requirements, the NLRB's decision narrowing the circumstances under...more

Employment Flash - January 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/31/2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including with respect to restrictive covenants; new state anti-harassment laws; minimum wage increases; age bias claims; and the employee...more

Supershuttle Transports Independent Contractor Status into the Spotlight

FordHarrison on 1/31/2019

On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) affirmed the Acting Regional Director’s determination that franchisees who drive for SuperShuttle are independent contractors, not statutory employees, and...more

NLRB Restores Common Law Agency Test for Independent Contractor/Employee Status Under NLRA

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/30/2019

• In SuperShuttle DFW, Inc., a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or Board) majority overruled its 2014 decision in FedEx Home Delivery and held that shuttle-van-driver franchisees of SuperShuttle at Dallas Fort Worth...more

Another Obama-Board Decision Overturned: NLRB Reverts to Traditional Common-Law Agency Independent-Contractor Test and Foreshadows...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/30/2019

On January 25, 2019, in a long-anticipated decision, the NLRB overturned another Obama-Board decision, FedEx Home Delivery, 361 NLRB 610 (2014), which modified the test for whether an individual is an “employee” or an...more

Exacerbating Uncertainty: D.C. Circuit Issues Confusing Browning-Ferris Decision

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/2/2019

On December 28, 2018, the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris Industries. Rather than bring clarity to the uncertainty and...more

Hot Topics: Worker Classification Issues

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/2/2015

Worker classification issues are popping up in the news a lot again. This is because the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is taking a more aggressive view on joint-employer standards under the National Labor Relations...more

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