Labor Board Joint Employer Challenge to Move First in 5th Cir.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is taking a back seat in the legal battle over the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rule, putting proceedings there on hold until the Fifth Circuit rules in a similar case.

The D.C. Circuit in an unsigned order Wednesday granted a motion from a US Chamber of Commerce-led business coalition to hold the case in abeyance. The Service Employees International Union filed the Washington, D.C.-based challenge to the rule—arguing it didn’t go far enough to protect workers—around the same time the coalition filed its lawsuit in federal district ...