A proposed change to how the Department of Labor determines joint employer classification is primed to withstand the kind of judicial review that struck down its predecessor from the first Trump administration.
The proposal, released by the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division on Wednesday, is the agency’s first foray into an issue closely watched by the franchise industry and others since the Biden administration rescinded a business-friendly Trump 1.0 rule. That regulation required companies to exert “actual” control over another employer’s workers to be jointly liable for labor and employment law violations.
Attorneys say the proposed rule addresses fatal ...
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