NLRB decision could have senior living implications
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board has changed its standard for determining joint employer status, and the decision may have implications for senior living operators.
Obama-era ‘joint employer’ definition back in effect
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2018
The definition of “joint employer” is reverting to one established during the Obama administration after the National Labor Relations Board announced Monday that one of its members had a potential...
‘Joint employer’ ruling appeal case arguments to begin Thursday
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 08, 2017
Oral arguments are set to begin Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as Browning-Ferris Industries looks to overturn a 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations...
Labor Department proposes four-factor ‘joint employer’ test
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 02, 2019
The Labor Department on Monday proposed a new four-factor test to help employers determine the conditions under which they would be considered “joint employers.”
Labor Department announces final ‘joint employer’ rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 14, 2020
Senior living industry companies and other types of firms that use temporary workers or contractors through staffing agencies now have some clarification as to when they have minimum wage and overtime...
NLRB proposes change to joint employer standard
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2018
A senior living operator or other employer would be defined as a “joint employer” of another company’s workers only if it “possesses and exercises substantial, direct and immediate control over...
Court sets date to begin hearing arguments against ‘joint employer’ change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2017
Oral arguments have been scheduled to begin March 9 as Browning-Ferris Industries looks to overturn a 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations Board that changed the standard for determining joint...
NLRB’s new ‘joint employer’ rule to go into effect April 27
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2020
The National Labor Relations Board is issuing its “joint employer” final rule today, reverting to the standard that the board used for several decades before the the 2015 decision in the case Browning-Ferris...
NLRB to look at ‘joint employer’ standard again
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 10, 2018
The National Labor Relations Board said Wednesday that it is considering rulemaking to address the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act.
NLRB reverses decisions on joint employers, micro unions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 19, 2017
The National Labor Relations Board has reversed rulings related to joint employers and micro unions that some in senior living believed negatively affected management-employee relations and residents.