Labor Board Launches Bid to Resurrect Joint Employer Regulation

The National Labor Relations Board is trying to revive its rule for joint labor law liability by appealing a federal district court’s decision nixing the agency’s measure.

The NLRB on Tuesday filed a notice that it is challenging the district court’s March decision at the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a court dominated by Republican judges and known for rulings critical of federal regulatory agencies.

A Trump-appointed federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the NLRB’s rule that broadened the board’s test for determining when multiple companies jointly employ workers ...