Biden Preps Joint Employer Rule Amid Appeal of Trump Version (1)

The U.S. Labor Department is developing a new regulation on joint employment, signaling a potential move to undo the Trump administration’s business-friendly approach to the hot-button issue of shared liability among multiple companies.

DOL’s Wage and Hour Division sent a proposed rule, “Joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act,” to the White House regulatory office for review; it appeared on the office’s website Wednesday.

The action was the Biden administration’s first public notice of plans to issue a new regulation covering the contentious matter of when more than one employer can be held jointly responsible for ...