Labor board to rollback Obama’s ‘joint employer’ rule

Published September 13, 2018 4:04pm ET



The National Labor Relations Board will publish a proposed rule Friday aimed at rolling back its controversial decision during the Obama administration to expand the so-called “joint employer” doctrine.

By striking the rule, the NLRB will undo a potentially vast expansion of corporate legal liability by limiting the circumstances in which one company can be held legally liable for the workplace violations of another related company, such as a corporate headquarters and one of its franchise operations.

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