Trade groups push Congress to reverse NLRB joint employer ruling
Source: The Hill
More than 50 business and trade groups are asking Congress to pass legislation to repeal the National Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) new joint employer standard.
In August 2015, the NLRB ruled that indirect and potential control over workers terms and conditions makes a company a joint employer.
In a letter to members of the House Education and Workforce Committee Tuesday, the groups including the International Franchise Association, the National Restaurant Association and the National Retail Federation said the rule change has exposed a broad range of businesses, from contractors and subcontractors, to franchisors and franchisees, to workplace liability for another employers actions and for workers they do not employ.
And they say the NLRB wont be reversing the new standard anytime soon.
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