On Thursday 14th November, the National Labor Relations Board overturned a ruling on joint employer status passed in 2015. The new interpretation reduces the responsibility shouldered by large groups as regards employees of their subcontractors and franchisees. On the same day, the NLRB also passed a decision on the use of monitoring tools and social media.
A return to a more restrictive view of joint employment. The National Labor Relations Board, the US government agency responsible for enforcing employment law and union rights, has made a decision altering the standard for associated employers. The rule was established in 2015, during the presidency of Barack Obama, following a case involving now defunct waste management firm Browning-Ferris Industries. The NLRB decided that two waste management companies in Iowa, which were using workers...
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