As we previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) on December 14, 2017 issued a decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors scrapping a broad and controversial “joint employer” standard in favor of a narrowed test that made it more difficult to link affiliated business as joint employers. Recently, however, the Board unanimously vacated Hy-Brand
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NLRB Reverses Several Obama-Era Decisions; Loosens Grip on Employers
In a flurry of decisions late last week, the newly-constituted majority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued a number of decisions that signal a less interventionist approach with respect to the employer-employee relationship. Three of these decisions in particular will have wide-reaching benefits for union and non-union employers alike, as…