NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule Start Date Delayed to March 11 (1)

A federal judge in Texas pushed back the effective date for the National Labor Relations Board’s rule on joint employer liability to March 11.

Judge J. Campbell Barker, a Trump appointee to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, issued a two-week stay order on the regulation Thursday. The NLRB’s joint employer rule had been set to take effect Feb. 26.

Barker is considering a lawsuit by the US Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups to permanently block the rule, which would expand the types of control that can trigger a finding that ...