The NLRB handed down four decisions last week that should come as welcome news to employers after the last several years. We’ll look at one of them this week and the rest of them over the next week or two. For those of you who are new to employment law, the National Labor Relations Board’s […]
What’s the Likely Impact of the NLRB’s Joint Employment Ruling?
We are back with our discussion of the NLRB case, Browning-Ferris Industries of California–and all the doomsday predictions that seem to come with it. Now, I don’t mean to unduly minimize any concerns about how this ruling will impact businesses. I do, however, get a bit suspicious of broad, sweeping statements. At the same time, what […]
What Did the NLRB Say in its Ruling on Joint Employment–and Why?
Last week, I promised to start looking at issues employers face when dealing with non-competition provisions (aka “non-competes”)–but then the NLRB rendered a long-awaited decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a BFI Newby Island Recyclery, 362 NLRB No. 186 (August 27, 2015). I previously posted about that case here, when the case was pending. […]
NLRB General Counsel on Joint Employment: ‘The More (Employers) The Merrier’
Wow, this joint employment issue keeps rearing its ugly head, doesn’t it? Last week we looked at joint employment between a franchisor and a franchisee–McDonald’s to be exact. (Click here if you missed that one.) The NLRB is not just looking at joint employment between franchisors and franchisees, though. There is another case, Browning-Ferris, […]