White House Considers Labor Department Joint Employer Standard

The Department of Labor has sent a proposed rule on joint employer classification to the White House, taking the first public step in replacing the Biden-era rule.

The proposed rule is under review by the Office of Management and Budget but doesn’t contain any information about its contents.

A new proposal would be the first attempt to change the standard since the Biden administration rescinded a business-friendly Trump 1.0 rule that required one business to exert “actual” control over another company’s workers to be held liable for them. This would limit how often corporate brands are responsible for labor violations ...