National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) - NATSO (2024)

10-11-2022by Tiffany Wlazlowski NeumanLabor Department Issues Independent Contractor Proposed Rule

The Department of Labor on Oct. 11 issued a proposed rule that would expand the definition of who is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

10-11-2022

09-07-2022by editor@natso.comNLRB Proposes to Expand Definition of Joint Employment

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Sept. 6, 2022, issued a proposal to revise its joint employer standard, which took effect in 2020 under the Trump Administration.

09-07-2022

02-25-2020by editor@natso.comNational Labor Relations Board to Issue Joint Employer Final Rule

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Feb. 26 is issuingits Final Rule governing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. The final rule reinstates the traditional joint-employer standard […]

02-25-2020

01-14-2020by editor@natso.comLabor Department Issues Final Rule on Joint Employer Status

The Department of Labor on Jan. 12 promulgated its final rule on Joint Employer Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The 164-page final rule consolidates a four-factor balancing test introduced in the April 2019 proposed rule, and it will be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Jan. 16.

01-14-2020

04-01-2019by NATSOLabor Department Proposes New Rules on Joint Employment

The U.S. Department of Labor on April 1 released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to provide a definition of “joint employment” in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

04-01-2019

01-02-2019by NATSOFederal Appeals Court Rules on Joint Employer Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) rules for determining when two different employers — such as business and its franchisees — are “joint employers” are too broad. This is a positive development for NATSO members and employers in general, as the broad standard has injected much uncertainty and costs into many business operations, particularly such as travel centers where the franchisee-franchisor relationship is ubiquitous.

01-02-2019

12-15-2017by NATSONLRB Overrules Browning-Ferris Industries and Reinstates Prior Joint-Employer Standard

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Dec. 14 reversed its position on the joint employer standard, returning the standard to its pre-2015 definition and ending years of uncertainty within the business community about the definition of joint employer.

12-15-2017

09-14-2017by NATSOHouse Education and Workforce Committee Holds Hearing on Joint Employer Legislation

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing Sept. 13 on legislative efforts to change the joint employer standard. Specifically, the hearing considered a bill by Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairman Bradley Byrne (R-AL), the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441), which would return the joint employer standard to a narrower definition that holds responsible only employers who have direct, actual, and immediate control over terms of employment.

09-14-2017

07-27-2017by NATSOHouse Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Reinstate Longstanding Joint Employer Standard

House lawmakers on July 27 introduced bipartisan legislation that would reinstate the longstanding Joint Employer Standard that was revised during President Obama’s second term by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Department of Labor (DOL).

07-27-2017

06-08-2017by NATSODepartment of Labor Withdraws Guidance on Joint Employment, Independent Contractors

In a positive development for employers, particularly the franchise community, the Department of Labor (DOL) has officially withdrawn its guidance on joint employment and independent contractors.

06-08-2017

04-10-2017by NATSOCongressional Leaders Call for Delay in Joint Employer Standard

A bipartisan group of nearly 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives recently called on the House Appropriations Committee leaders to include language in the Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations bill that would delay the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new joint employer liability standard.

04-10-2017