Legislation to repeal an Obama-era National Labor Relations Board ruling that made companies and franchisors potentially liable for labor law violations committed by their subcontractors or ...

A group of franchise business operators launched a coalition Tuesday to lobby Congress in an ongoing battle to prevent franchisors from being considered “joint employers” with franchisees. The ...

The Labor Department has expanded the circumstances under which it would consider two businesses to be “joint employers,” making both liable for legal violations by the other. The action comes as ...

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The nation’s second most powerful court grappled Thursday with whether to uphold a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that changed the definition of a joint employer. Judge Patricia Millett ...