December 8th, 2015
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…December 8th, 2015
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…December 5th, 2015