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August 29th, 2018

Key Obama Workplace Policy on Chopping Block at Labor Dept.

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. A small group of political hires at the DOL is working to update the department’s approach to “joint…

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…

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…