The White House has rolled back one of the Obama administration’s most ambitious attempts to rewrite federal labor law to benefit unions, the so-called “joint employer” rule.

The Trump administration on Sunday said that businesses shouldn’t be held liable for violations by other companies if all they share is a corporate brand.

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