Labor Board’s Joint Employer Rule Struck Down in Texas Court (4)

A federal judge in Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s rule broadening the legal test for determining when multiple companies jointly employ workers and thus share liability and obligations under federal labor law.

The joint employer regulation, which was set to take effect March 11, expanded the types of control over job terms and conditions that can trigger a joint employer finding. Judge J. Campbell Barker, a Trump appointee to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, vacated the measure in a decision issued late Friday.

Joint employment has been one of the most ...