Trump Administration Issues New Rule on Joint Employer Liability January 13, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The Trump Administration announced a final rule setting forth standards for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards...
McDonald’s, U.S. Labor Board Begin Talks to Settle ‘Joint Employment’ Trial January 22, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner and Robert Iafolla McDonald’s Corp and a U.S. labor board are in talks to settle a case claiming the fast food company is...
Trump’s Labor Board Overturns Obama ‘Joint Employer’ Rule December 15, 2017 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. labor board on Thursday overturned an Obama-era ruling that had made it easier for unions and workers to...
Court Hears Appeal of Expanded Joint Employer Liability Rule June 8, 2016 By Daniel Wiessner and Robert Iafolla A California waste management company at the center of a closely watched case told a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday...
Browning-Ferris Files Appeal of NLRB’s Joint Employer Liability Ruling January 25, 2016 By Robert Iafolla A California waste management company has launched a legal challenge to a new U.S. labor board standard for “joint employment”...
Court Now Likely for Joint Employer, Franchise Company Liability Case September 28, 2015 By Daniel Wiessner A sanitation company at the center of a major U.S. labor board ruling that could force companies like McDonald’s Corp....
Franchise Parents, Staffing Firms Ruled Joint Employers Under Labor Law August 28, 2015 By Jim Snyder More companies may be held responsible for labor-law violations committed by contractors and forced to negotiate wages and benefits with...