In August 2015, the NLRB rewrote the book on joint employment, declaring in the Browning-Ferris case that the right to exercise minimal control, even if not actually exercised, was enough to create a joint employment relationship. (Read more here.) Previously, joint employment under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) required the actual exercise of a meaningful level of control.
But what’s happened since then? What happens next? What should employers expect in 2017 regarding joint employment under the NLRA?
Who Is My Employee? 