New York, 16 Other States Sue Over DOL Joint-Employer Rule (2)

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general asked a federal judge to block a recent Labor Department regulation that narrows the circumstances in which multiple businesses share liability for wage violations.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allege the department’s new joint-employer rule, which is set to take effect March 16, is arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. The case was filed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York.

The lawsuit represents the latest blue-state bid to knock down Trump administration policies in the courtroom, though the battleground state of Pennsylvania joined New York in leading ...