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BGOV: The ‘Joint Employer’ Workplace Test Is in Limbo Again

A key test for deciding when multiple businesses are liable for violating federal labor laws seesawed quite a bit recently, leaving unclear how much longer an Obama-era standard that made it easier to hold companies liable as “joint employers” will be the law of the land.

Chip Rogers: Obama-era ’employer’ definition back from the dead to destroy franchises

Who is your employer? Most people don’t have trouble answering this question. In fact, it’s something so obvious that only Washington bureaucrats could confuse it. Last month, the National Labor Relations Board decided to return to a “joint employer” standard, determined under its 2015 Browning-Ferris ruling that expanded…

Mulvaney: Joint employer decision could mean the ‘end of the franchising business as we know it’

By Ian Kullgren and Colin Wilhelm, PoliticoPro OMB Director Mick Mulvaney today gave a grim assessment of the NLRB’s recent decision to withdraw its December Hy-brandruling on joint employment, saying it could spell the “end of the franchising business as we know it.” Mulvaney,…