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September 20, 2018

NLRB proposes new joint employer standard

  • The definition of joint employers is an issue for franchise companies, staffing firms and businesses with subcontractors.
    • By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — The National Labor Relations Board has rewritten its joint employer standard, a move that would ease the rule's impact on companies including franchise owners and businesses that subcontract work to others.

    The board recently proposed a rule that says a company can be considered a joint employer “only if it possesses and exercises substantial, direct and immediate control over the essential terms and conditions of employment.” A company's control over employment must not be limited, and it must be routine.


     
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