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NLRB Establishes New Standard For Joint Employer Status

By Patrick Moody   In the recent case of Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., 362 NLRB No. 186 (Aug. 27, 2015), the National Labor Relations Board established a new, and much broader, standard for determining if separate companies are joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act.  The new rule changes what has been the ...