NLRB Finally Issues Its Much Awaited “Joint Employer” Rule

Sheppard Mullin – Today, the National Labor Relations Board followed through on its earlier promise and issued its Joint Employer Final Rule, officially reversing the Board’s 2015 Browning-Ferris Industries decision and conclusively establishing the legal ground rules under which otherwise separate business entities may be legally joined and determined to be joint employers for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act.  Prospective only in effect, this new rule will be published in the Federal Register and go into effect on April 27, 2020.