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Joint Employer
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
DOL’s Wage and Hour Division Includes 8 Proposed Rules on 2026 Agency Rules List
Quick Hits The DOL’s 2026 agency rule list includes eight WHD proposed rules covering tipped employees, young workers, independent contractor classification, and joint employer status, combining both newly announced and…
HR Law Watch
DOL’s Joint Employer Proposal: What Employers Should Watch Now
By A.C. Estacio-Heilich, Shirley S. Lou-Magnuson, Brian D. Pedrow
On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) that would revise the agency’s analysis for assessing joint employer status…
GT L&E Blog
Labor Policy Pendulum Swings Again: New Federal Rules Reshape Joint-Employer and Independent Contractor Standards
By Ashley M. Farrell Pickett, Charles H.W. Foster
Some employers that rely on staffing arrangements, franchise relationships, or independent contractors may see meaningful shifts in federal labor policy because of a pair of federal agency rulemaking announcements released…
Franchise Law Update
What Franchise Businesses Need to Know About the NLRB’s Recently Formalized Joint Employer Rule
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Ari Stern, Fox Rothschild
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently withdrew the Biden-era 2023 joint employer rule and formally confirmed that its 2020 standard remains on the books. The Feb. 26, 2026 announcement…
Labor Relations Update
D.C. Circuit Erases NLRB Joint Employer Order After Google-Cognizant Contract Lapses
By Joshua Fox, Shanice Z. Smith-Banks
The D.C. Circuit’s April 22, 2025 decision offers an important lesson on joint-employer cases under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “Act”): without an ongoing contractual relationship, the dispute…
Who Is My Employee?
Hospital Blues? Joint Employer Test Under Review By DC Appeals Court
I ran a search for songs about Washington DC. I didn’t recognize any that popped up, but there is one that caught my eye — and ear. “Washington DC Hospital…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
NLRB Joint Employer Rule on Hold Following Appeal Withdrawal
In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a new rule relaxing the standard for determining whether two employers can be considered “joint employers” under the National Labor…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Beltway Buzz, April 5, 2024
Congress on Spring Break … What’s on Deck? The U.S. Congress remains out on spring break this week and is scheduled to return to Washington, D.C., the week beginning April…
Labor Relations Law Insider
NLRB’s Expansive New “Joint Employer” Rule Struck Down by Texas Federal Court
By Adam Doerr, Former Attorney Mary-Ann Czak
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…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Blocked: 2020 Standard Remains in Effect for Now
As previously reported on PERKS, on February 22, 2024, a U.S. District Court Judge issued a stay delaying the effective date of the NLRB’s broad new joint-employer rule. Following the…