The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 4, 2021. The House passed this bill in 2020, but it was dead on arrival in the then-Republican-controlled Senate. As proposed, the PRO Act remains unlikely to win Senate approval this year. However, Democrats will continue … Read more
On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its final rule on a new joint employer standard. The new rule will take effect beginning April 27, 2020. NLRB Chair John Ring proclaimed, “This final rule gives our joint-employer standard the clarity, stability, and predictability that is essential to any successful labor-management relationship … Read more
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a new rule revising its test for evaluating joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Among other situations, joint employer analysis is often critical to work arrangements involving staffing agencies and other outsourcing companies. The FLSA joint employer rule change takes effect on … Read more