Appeals Court Overturns Browning Ferris Joint-Employment Standard
Under the National Labor Relations Act as defined in 29 U.S. Code § 152, a joint-employer has the same liabilities as an actual employer. However, how the NLRB defines a joint-employer is a highly partisan issue that seems to depend on whether the NLRB has a Republican or Democratic majority.
In 2015, in Browning Ferris Industries, the NLRB ruled that a recycling plant and the agency that provides its housekeeping workers were joint-employers for the…