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Colorado Labor Wants Big Changes for Colorado Employers

Littler on 6/12/2025

Colorado Union Dues System Remains Unchanged – For Now - On May 16, 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would have upended the state’s unique structure around mandatory payment of union dues as a...more

Germany’s Political Shift Could Bring Changes to Labor Law and Social Policy: Key Points for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 3/17/2025

Germany’s federal election last month signaled a shift in the country’s politics – and employers need to understand how this might soon impact them. The center-right Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union won...more

Federal Court Invalidates NLRB’s Joint Employer Standard

Hinckley Allen on 3/14/2024

Update: As we indicate below, the NLRB’s final rule regarding the standard to determine joint-employer status under the NLRA was met with a challenge in the court system, and on March 8, 2024, just days before the applicable...more

Federal Court Strikes Down NLRB’s Expansive “Joint Employment” Standard

Polsinelli on 3/12/2024

On the eve of its going into effect, a federal court struck down the expansive joint-employment standard announced by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) last fall. At issue is who may be considered a...more

NLRB Issues Expansive New Rule Tying Joint Employer Status to the Authority to Control One or More Employment Terms

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 10/31/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) has issued a final rule on its new standard for finding that two entities are a joint employer. The rule focuses on whether the alleged joint employer has the authority...more

The NLRB Issues a New Joint Employer Rule Providing that Indirect and/or Reserved Control of Essential Employment Terms is...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/30/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board published its newest Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status in the Federal Register, which becomes effective 60 days from publication. In many ways, the Rule...more

Everything and the Kitchen Sink: The NLRB’s Labor-Friendly New Year’s Resolutions

DarrowEverett LLP on 1/9/2023

Contrary to the expression’s limitations, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board”) set the tone for 2023 with some major Decisions which will essentially provide employees with not only the kitchen sink, but the walls...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Begins to Speak (UPDATED)

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 3/16/2022

At its March 10, 2022 meeting, the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee began the process of approving bills. The following is a brief summary of the bills that the Committee voted favorably on and...more

NLRB Will Restart Union Representation Elections April 6, 2020

Perkins Coie on 4/13/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a press release on April 1, 2020, stating that, The National Labor Relations Board will not extend its temporary suspension of Board-conducted elections past April 3, 2020 and...more

New NLRB Rule Clarifies Joint Employer Doctrine

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 3/5/2020

Reduces Joint Employer Liability, Brings Clarity for Employers - The National Labor Relations Board recently published a new rule clarifying the "joint employer" definition. Employers should welcome the NLRB’s new rule, as...more

NLRB Joint Employer Saga Comes to an End (for now) with New Final Rule

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/5/2020

On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule governing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

NLRB Issues Joint Employer Final Rule

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 3/4/2020

Right on the heels of the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing a new joint employer liability test under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued its own employer-friendly final rule for...more

Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - February 2020 #3

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/3/2020

NLRB Issues Final Joint Employer Rule. On February 26, the NLRB published its final rule governing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule Signals a Welcome Return to Sensible Workplace Regulation

Carlton Fields on 2/28/2020

For countless companies that contract with other businesses for human capital or other services in which the employees of one entity are deployed to perform work for another, there is always a risk that the misdeeds of one...more

NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Restores “Substantial Direct and Immediate Control” Test

Littler on 2/27/2020

On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The final rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

NLRB Issues New Rule Narrowing Joint-Employer Standard

Hogan Lovells on 2/26/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced that it is releasing a final rule (the “Rule”) on February 26, 2020 revising the prior joint-employer standard used to hold franchisors or businesses that use employees...more

NLRB issues new final rule on joint employer status

Bricker Graydon LLP on 2/26/2020

On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a final rule returning to a tighter standard for determining when workers are considered to be jointly employed by two or more employers under the...more

NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint Employer

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/26/2020

The National Labor and Review Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on February 25, 2020, that codifies a majority of the changes it proposed to its joint employer test in September 2018. These changes will take effect on April...more

Provisional Measure #905 – A New Mini Labor Reform in Brazil

Littler on 1/7/2020

Provisional Measure # 905 (“PM”), published on November 12, 2019, establishes a new type of labor relationship in Brazil. The PM aims to reduce the alarmingly high unemployment rate affecting younger workers in the country,...more

Obligations and Prohibitions Under Mexico's Labor Reform

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/12/2019

The amendment of Mexico's Federal Labor Law (LFT) passed on May 1, 2019. For your reference, below is a summary with the updated obligations and prohibitions for employers...more

Sweeping Changes to French Labor Laws Signal Employer-Friendly Future

Fisher Phillips on 9/25/2017

Today, the French labor market experienced the start of a power swing, from its historically employee-friendly labor regime to a more employer-friendly set of laws, intended to provide employers with greater flexibility in...more

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