Business Groups Seek Fast End to Labor Board Joint Employer Rule

The National Labor Relations Board’s new joint employer rule “threatens billions of dollars in liability and costs” and should be struck down, a coalition of business groups told a federal judge in Texas.

The plaintiffs, led by the US Chamber of Commerce, said in their motion for summary judgment Monday that the NLRB violated federal labor law and administrative law by replacing a clear test for joint employment with an overly broad, arbitrary, and uncertain standard that will disrupt business-to-business arrangements.

The groups, quickly following up on their Nov. 9 lawsuit, also asked Trump-appointed Judge Campbell Barker for briefing ...