A reworking of the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer standard appears to be a near certainty. The first sign of a major change on the horizon came in May when the board issued a call for briefs on the current standard, in relation to a case that the Teamsters filed against Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc., a waste-management services company. Then in July, NLRB general counsel Richard Griffin Jr. threatened to charge franchisor McDonald’s USA over violations that allegedly occurred at franchisee-owned restaurants.
An Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart webinar held this week, “Joint Employers and the NLRB: Potential Changes May Impact All Employers,” explained what a new joint employer standard might look like and what the practical impacts might be. Although the joint employer standard is often discussed in the context of nationwide fast-food joints such as McDonald’s, it’s clear that a change in NLRB thinking on the issue would likely have effects far more widespread, reaching contractors and subcontractors, not just franchisors and franchisees.
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