NLRB Case Tests Who Employs Contract Workers

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): WASHINGTON—Just a month after a controversial decision involving employees of McDonald's Corp. franchisees, businesses are bracing for a new action by federal labor regulators that could lower the barriers between companies and the contract workers they use.

The National Labor Relations Board is re-evaluating its decades-old standard for deciding when contractual business arrangements render one business a "joint employer"...

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