McKnight’s Senior Living November 13, 2023
The US Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups have filed a lawsuit against the National Labor Relations Board over the ‘joint-employer’ rule it finalized late last month.
According to the coalition, the new rule is overly broad.
“The final rule will cripple small businesses in numerous sectors by exposing them to frivolous litigation, eliminating jobs and slowing wage growth across the country — just like it did when a similar standard was implemented in 2015,” the business coalition wrote. “At a time of continued economic uncertainty, it is alarming that the NLRB has chosen to move forward on such a divisive and damaging joint employer rule.”
The rule rescinds a 2020 rule issued by the NLRB under...