The National Labor Relations Board will extend the amount of time operators can comment on a proposed joint employer rule by 30 days, to Jan. 14.
The NLRB proposal calls for a narrower, more business-friendly threshold for joint employment. Essentially, the board is restoring a previous standard for when a worker is considered to be “jointly” employed by more than one company.
Under the proposed rule – which senior living operators generally support — an employer may be found to be a joint-employer of another employer’s employees “only if it possesses and exercises substantial, direct and immediate control over the essential terms and conditions of employment and has done so in a manner that is not limited and routine.”
Comments may be submitted electronically to www.regulations.gov
The board was established in 1935. It describes itself as an independent federal agency that protects employers and employees from unfair labor practices. In recent years, however, the board has generally reflected the views of whichever political party controls the White House, according to critics.
