For the business franchise lobby group, the argument underlying the National Labor Relations Board ruling that McDonalds should have joint-employer status with its franchisees does not hold water. The group believes that the Federal agency has been too slow to follow through after its announcement this summer and the group has called on the NLRB to explain itself.
The International Franchise Association (IFA) has exhorted the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to explain itself. The lobby group with 1,450 franchise brands covering a total of some 17,000 businesses has demanded to know the legal footing upon which the Federal Agency (responsible for regulating social relations in the US) based its analysis by which it considers McDonald a joint-employer of its franchisees’ employees (c.f. article No. 8549). Putting weight behind their demands the...
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