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Labor Board’s New Joint Employer Rule Set for August Release

The National Labor Relations Board plans to complete its regulation governing how to determine when multiple companies jointly employ workers for purposes of federal labor law by August, the agency told a federal district court in Washington. The NLRB is in the process of reviewing the 13,000 public comments it…

California’s fast-food industry faces another landmark change

When pushback mounted last year against California’s controversial fast-food wage bill, known as the Fast Act, proponents tried to sap the resistance by dropping a provision that would have made restaurant franchisors accountable for the labor practices of franchisees. The bill passed without that backdoor effort to legally redefine licensee…

Members of Congress Join IFA in Opposing Proposed Joint-Employer Standard

A group of congressional members sent letters to the National Labor Relations Board opposing a proposed joint-employer standard change. In September, the NLRB announced that it was proposing to change the standard, replacing the one set in April 2020 with a rule closer to that of the one established in…