House Fails to Override Biden Veto of Joint Employer Resolution

The Republican-controlled House failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a measure that would have blocked the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rule.

The chamber voted 214-191, well short of the two-thirds majority required to overturn a presidential veto in Congress.

But despite the failure to undo the regulation through legislative means, the rule is currently on ice after a federal judge in Texas struck it down in March.

The NLRB’s new standard lowers the bar for whether two companies are considered joint employers, sharing obligations to bargain with unions as well as joint liability for labor law ...