A plan from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to make more employers susceptible to joint employer status is expected to make a major change to the landscape for employers that use staffing companies or operate under the franchise business model.
The NLRB announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on September 6 that shows a majority of the Board’s members wants to return to a standard that makes joint employment status more likely. And that’s bad news for employers eager to avoid the complexities of joint employment.
