The National Labor Relations Board plans to propose a rule updating its position on joint employer liability for affiliated businesses by the end of the summer, Chairman John Ring (R) said today.
“A majority of the Board is committed to engage in rulemaking, and the NLRB will do so,” Ring said in a letter to Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Kirsten Gillibrand June 5. The former management attorney responded to concerns from the lawmakers that the board’s Republican majority was skirting ethics questions and has already decided to revert to a more limited joint employment standard in ...