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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

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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