April 4, 2024 - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) 2023 joint-employer rule, which only required an entity to possess or reserve the right to control an employee’s essential terms and conditions of employment, regardless ...

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July 29, 2024 - The controversial joint employer rule that would have made it far easier for workers to be considered employees of more than one entity is now dead once and for all – but that doesn’t mean employers should let their guard down. Four months after a Texas federal court judge struck down the ...

July 26, 2024 - In 2020, the NLRB changed the joint employer rule through rulemaking and required that an employer exercise “substantial direct and immediate control” over one or more essential terms or conditions of employment, before the NLRB would find joint employer status.

October 27, 2023 - The National Labor Relations Board’s final rule establishes that, under the National Labor Relations Act, two or more entities may be considered joint employers of a group of employees if each entity has an employment relationship with the employees, and if the entities share or codetermine ...

October 26, 2023 - **Note: A U.S. District Judge stayed the joint-employer rule until March 11, 2024.Today, the Board issued its Final Rule addressing the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status under the National Labor Relations Act.

On Friday evening, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker of the Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s recent rule on determining the standard for joint-employer status and the Board’s rescission of the 2020 joint-employer rule.

March 13, 2024 - On March 8, 2024, Judge J. Campbell Barker vacated the NLRB’s new joint employer rule (Rule) and preserved the Board's 2020 rule in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of industry associations, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and represented by a team of Akin lawyers, in the U.S. District ...

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June 21, 2024 - In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board "NLRB" published a final rule regarding joint-employer status.

Learn how the NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule affects your business and what steps employers can take to limit risk and stay compliant under the current standard.

March 27, 2024 - A federal district court recently vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s 2023 joint employer rule (2023 Rule), which would have expanded the standard to hold separate companies joint employers based on indirect or reserved control, even if never actually exercised.

March 14, 2024 - Employers in the United States received a significant win on March 8, 2024 when a federal court in Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) expansive new “joint employer” rule, and upheld the existing (and more employer-friendly) 2020 rule.

March 14, 2024 - On March 8, 2024, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) expanded joint-employer rule that would have made it more likely for employers to be deemed joint employers.

November 22, 2023 - Hearing impaired callers who wish ... call our toll free number at 1-844-762-NLRB (6572). On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board published a final rule rescinding and replacing the final rule entitled “Joint Employer Status Under the National Labor Relations ...

February 2, 2024 - The Rule replaces 2020 NLRB guidance, which created a “direct and immediate control” standard for joint employment status, and reverts back to guidance established under the Obama administration. The new Rule states that joint-employer status may exist even where there is only “indirect, ...

July 25, 2024 - On July 19, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed an unopposed motion voluntarily dismissing a pending appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which sought to reverse a March 8, 2024 decision by Judge J. Campbell Barker of the United States District ...

July 22, 2024 - On July 19, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voluntarily dismissed a pending appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth

May 22, 2024 - Posted in Joint Employer, Joint Employment, Labor and Employment, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRA, NLRB ... On March 8, 2024, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas dealt a serious blow to the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “Board”) efforts to further increase the reach of the National Labor Relations Act (“the NLRA”). Judge J. Campbell Barker struck down a final rule ...

November 16, 2023 - Today, the Board extended the effective date of its recent rule on determining the standard for joint-employer status to February 26, 2024, to facilitate resolution of legal challenges with respect to the rule. The new standard will only be applied to cases filed after the rule becomes effective.