Biden Vetoes Resolution to Block Labor Board Joint Employer Rule

President Joe Biden vetoed a measure Friday that would have overturned the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rule, nixing the resolution that cleared both chambers of Congress by bipartisan margins.

Biden rejected a resolution brought under the Congressional Review Act that would have blocked the NLRB’s new standard lowering the bar for whether two companies are joint employers, sharing obligations to negotiate with unions as well as joint liability for labor violations.

A two-thirds majority in the House and Senate would be required to overturn the veto, an unlikely scenario as an overwhelming majority of congressional Democrats endorse the ...