A one-line email last week from the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel to McDonald’s has brought to the fore an issue that local GCs and labor lawyers say has been bubbling up for nearly a year.

And the ruling has management-side lawyers and corporate GCs warning of the dire effects the decision could have not just for franchisors but for any company that uses independent contractors.

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