New IFA Research Shows That Expanded Joint Employer Standard Also Resulted in 376,000 Fewer Job Opportunities and Led to 93% More Lawsuits; 92% Say it’s Harmed Their Brand

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—The Coalition to Save Local Businesses (CSLB), which represents a diverse group of locally owned, independent small businesses, associations and organizations, applauded today’s announcement from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its chairman, John F. Ring, that it is moving forward with proposed rulemaking on the joint employer standard.

The Labor Department is quietly moving to undo a central Obama-era labor policy that made companies more likely to be liable when staffing firms or franchisees don’t pay minimum wages and overtime.