We have written on several occasions in this space about the NLRB’s controversial new joint employer standard and the damaging impact it may have on business-to-business relationships in the United States. This morning, Labor & Employment partner Kurt Larkin testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and Regulations in a hearing on the negative effects the new standard may have on small business.
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DOL Says Joint Employment Under FLSA and MSPA Should Be “As Broad As Possible”
By Juan C. Enjamio & Ryan A. Glasgow on
Posted in Employment Policies, News & Events
On January 20, 2016, the administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), David Weil, issued an “Administrator’s Interpretation” (AI) regarding the agency’s interpretation of joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). …
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NLRB Strikes Again With Joint-Employer Test
By Kurt G. Larkin on
Posted in Agency Developments, Traditional Labor
As we have reported in this space, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) made waves several weeks ago with its highly controversial new test for determining if an entity is a “joint employer” of another entity’s employees. Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015). The Board has wasted no time in seeking to extend its new test to the health care industry. …
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Hunton & Williams Partner, Kurt Larkin, quoted in Inside Counsel’s “NLRB Raises Many Issues as it Broadens Joint Employer Standard”
By Kurt G. Larkin on
Posted in Agency Developments, Traditional Labor
A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has broadened the standard for assessing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Hunton & Williams Partner, Kurt Larkin, quoted in Inside Counsel’s “NLRB Raises Many Issues as it Broadens Joint Employer Standard”
By Kurt G. Larkin on
Posted in Agency Developments, Traditional Labor
A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has broadened the standard for assessing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
NLRB Decision Produces “Sea Change in Labor Relations and Business Relationships”
By Kurt G. Larkin on
Posted in Agency Developments, Traditional Labor
In a ruling that redefines the concept of employment in the United States, the National Labor Relations Board yesterday issued its much-anticipated decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a Newby Island Recyclery, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015).
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Broader ‘joint employer’ standard upheld by NLRB
By Kurt G. Larkin on
Posted in Agency Developments, Traditional Labor
Reprinted with permission of Nation’s Restaurant News
In a long-awaited ruling, the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday upheld a controversial shift in the standard for determining “joint employer” status in a closely watched case that is expected to reverberate through the franchising world.
NLRB Overturns Decades of Precedent by Reviving “Traditional” Joint-Employer Test
By Amber M. Rogers & Kurt G. Larkin on
Posted in Agency Developments, Traditional Labor
In a ruling that redefines the concept of employment in the United States, the National Labor Relations Board yesterday issued its much-anticipated decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a Newby Island Recyclery, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015).
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