Wage and Hour, Unfair Labor Practices, Regulatory Reform

President Trump’s Budget Goes To Work Against Enforcement Agencies with Significant Cuts to DOL and NLRB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/18/2025

President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 includes substantial reductions to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) budget and staff. The proposed discretionary budget is slashed from $13.5 billion to $9...more

NLRB Issues Much Anticipated Joint Employer Rule Returning to its ”Substantial Direct and Immediate Control” Test and Providing...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/10/2020

On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board”) issued its final rule setting forth the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). ...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

The NLRB’s General Counsel Rescinds, Revokes and Questions

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 12/22/2017

On December 1, 2017, two weeks after being sworn in, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued his first GC Memorandum. When the General Counsel’s office changes hands from one party to the other, some disruption is expected....more

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