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A federal court in Chicago recently granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the Illinois Department of Labor from enforcing one of several amendments made in August 2023 to the Illinois Day Labor and Temporary Labor...more
Last Friday, March 8, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) 2023 Joint Employer rule (“2023 Rule”) finding that it was both...more
In November 2023, soon after Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed amendments to the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”), several staffing agencies and associations sued for an injunction against...more
Update: As we indicate below, the NLRB’s final rule regarding the standard to determine joint-employer status under the NLRA was met with a challenge in the court system, and on March 8, 2024, just days before the applicable...more
Employers in the United States received a significant win on March 8, 2024 when a federal court in Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) expansive new “joint employer” rule, and upheld the existing...more
On the eve of its going into effect, a federal court struck down the expansive joint-employment standard announced by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) last fall. At issue is who may be considered a...more
In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its new Final Rule addressing and expanding the proper standard for determining joint employment status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This was...more
In October 2023, the NLRB finalized its Joint Employer Rule (the Rule), which was slated to become effective February 26, 2024. The Rule would expand when franchisors, staffing company users and other placement firms with...more
On Jan. 12, 2024, the House voted 206-177 in favor of a resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new joint employer rule. The final rule, published on Oct. 26, 2023,...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s Final Rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act raises serious concerns among healthcare employers who often use staffing agencies and other...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s new Final Rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act expands the current standard by allowing the Board to find joint-employer status if an entity...more
They are not employer-friendly. On October 26, the National Labor Relations Board, by a 3 to 1 vote, issued regulations with a new standard for determining “joint employer” status under the National Labor Relations Act....more
Do you use a staffing agency to provide workers for your day-to-day operations? Are you a franchisor that licenses your trademark and business model to franchisees? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions,...more
On September 8, 2020, the Southern District of New York struck down a recent Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that changed the standard of joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court determined...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Browning-Ferris Industries is not a joint employer of employees of one of its contractors. Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., 369 NLRB No. 139 (July 29,...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a press release on April 1, 2020, stating that, The National Labor Relations Board will not extend its temporary suspension of Board-conducted elections past April 3, 2020 and...more
As our clients know, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) does not only regulate unionized workforces. The Board’s rulemaking and legal decisions affect all workplaces: both unionized and non-union....more
Reduces Joint Employer Liability, Brings Clarity for Employers - The National Labor Relations Board recently published a new rule clarifying the "joint employer" definition. Employers should welcome the NLRB’s new rule, as...more
On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule governing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more
Right on the heels of the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing a new joint employer liability test under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued its own employer-friendly final rule for...more
NLRB Issues Final Joint Employer Rule. On February 26, the NLRB published its final rule governing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more
For countless companies that contract with other businesses for human capital or other services in which the employees of one entity are deployed to perform work for another, there is always a risk that the misdeeds of one...more
On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The final rule is scheduled to be published in the...more
The National Labor Relations Board just published a final rule that will soon fundamentally alter the definition of joint employment, making it more difficult for businesses to be held legally responsible for alleged labor...more
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced that it is releasing a final rule (the “Rule”) on February 26, 2020 revising the prior joint-employer standard used to hold franchisors or businesses that use employees...more