The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) rule on joint employer status, which has been expanding and contracting with changes of administration several times in the past decade, is poised to increase employer liability once again. Joint employers covered by a collective bargaining agreement are viewed as part of a single bargaining unit and may be…
Read More »If past is prologue as the old saying goes, Dunkin’s franchisees should be in an advanced state of readiness on the union front with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) targeting some Dunkin’ shops in Connecticut. In their ongoing efforts to unionize QSRs and rest stop businesses in the Constitution State, SEIU members are protesting…
Read More »With yesterday’s passage of the Omnibus Funding Bill by the U.S. Senate, expanded worker protections and more funding for anti-business regulatory agencies is that much closer to reality. By a vote of 69 – 29, the Senate passed the $1.7 trillion legislation and sent it to the U.S House for their consideration – and likely…
Read More »It’s not only minimum wages (as we advised last week) and the Connecticut Clean Slate Law that become effective on January 1st this year, but rather a number of new laws in other states around the country. Small businesses are advised to be cognizant of the many law changes that come with the New Year,…
Read More »Many are keeping a lookout for any movement on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) change to the joint-employer standard with several prepared to do battle over the proposal. In fact, during the recent “public comment period”, almost 13,000 comments were received by the December 7 submission deadline, a good many of which took aim…
Read More »The changes just keep coming at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and not in a good way for many employers. By a 3-2 vote on Tuesday of this week, the Board broadened its make-whole remedy for unfair labor practices by including a requirement that employers must compensate victimized workers for “all direct or foreseeable…
Read More »Back in early September, when California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1949 into law, the state of California became the third state to mandate bereavement leave for workers. The provisions of AB 1949, effective on January 1, 2023 and applicable when a business employs 5 or more workers, were adopted as an amendment to the…
Read More »In last week’s issue, we advised that the Employment Visa bill was being prepared for passage in the US House of Representatives. Well, as they say, a funny thing happened on the way to approval. Actually, it just got bumped out for at least another week by Congress focusing their work on finalizing the Respect…
Read More »Opponents of the Fast-Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, known as the FAST Act, succeeded in their effort to put the question of repealing the FAST Act on the 2024 California ballot. The Save Local Restaurants coalition, consisting of the National Restaurant Association (NRA) along with the US Chamber of Commerce and the International Franchise…
Read More »Although democrat appointees have been in the majority on the National Labor relations Board (NLRB) for the past 14+ months, their hold on the regulatory agency will tighten in two weeks when the term of republican-appointed member John Ring expires. The expiration of his term will leave Board member Marvin Kaplan, whose term runs through…
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