August 16th, 2018
Labor Department Pressed for ‘Joint Employer’ Rule
A pair of House lawmakers and some influential advocacy groups want the Labor Department to take a corporate-friendly approach to a big workplace policy question: When can multiple businesses be considered “joint employers,” with each liable for minimum wage and overtime pay violations? Reps. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) and Henry Cuellar…August 10th, 2018
Congress Must Act Now to Define the Joint Employer Standard
With the appointment of John Ring as the new chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the saga over the joint-employer standard that began in 2015 may seem close to a resolution. However, without a statutory fix by Congress, we may only be approaching the end of the second…April 3rd, 2018