Big business attacks Obama-era ‘joint employer’ rule from every angle

By Sean Higgins

Published September 11, 2017 4:01am ET

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Big business attacks Obama-era ‘joint employer’ rule from every angle — Joint employer refers to when one business can be held legally liable for workplace violations at another business. Traditionally, the standard applied when one business had "direct control" of another business' workplace policies, such as a subsidiary. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file) | Erik Schelzig

The business community, fully against the National Labor Relations Board’s “joint employer” doctrine, is leaving nothing to chance when it comes to undoing the rule. Groups are now working on four simultaneous fronts to loosen or destroy the rule: Through the legislative process, the congressional appropriations process, lobbying the Trump administration, and bringing cases before the board itself.

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