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House Appropriations bill bars NLRB ‘joint employer’ doctrine

By Sean Higgins
Published July 13, 2017 10:00pm ET
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House Appropriations bill bars NLRB ‘joint employer’ doctrine
Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo) | (Jon Elswick/AP)

A House Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday marked up Republican legislation that prohibits the National Labor Relations Board, the federal government’s main labor law enforcement agency, from using its controversial “joint employer” doctrine in cases against business.

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