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Spending bill could give franchises relief from NLRB’s ‘joint employer’ rule

The franchise industry is lobbying Congress to use a must-pass government spending bill to force the NLRB to delay enforcing its new “joint employer” standard for at least 10 months. In a 3-2 decision in August, the NLRB ruled that companies are joint employers of workers if they share control…

The labor ruling that’s now a hot-button political issue

Franchises are worried that a new labor law is going to put them out of business. In a conference call promoted by the International Franchise Association (IFA), three lawmakers and a handful of business owners called for the adoption of language in the omnibus appropriations bill to void a recent…

Joint employer standard could hurt small businesses

Guest Column by Azim Saju I recently traveled to Washington to discuss a development that would result in a dramatically negative impact to the small-businesses community throughout Florida. The National Labor Relations Board just ruled in a landmark case that a company is now considered a “joint employer” when it…