Taking its new joint employer standard to new heights, the NLRB found that Retro, a construction company, and Green JobWorks, a temporary staffing agency, are joint employers based on speculative future projects. Retro Environmental, Inc./Green JobWorks, LLC, 364 NLRB No. 70 (Aug. 16, 2016).
A year ago, in Browning-Ferris, 362 NLRB No. 186 (Aug.…
The legality of employer work rules continues to draw National Labor Relations Board scrutiny on a regular basis.
A 2-1 Board panel majority (Members Kent Hirozawa and Lauren McFerran) has found that a hospital’s rules prohibiting employee conduct that “impedes harmonious interactions and relationships” and “negative or disparaging comments about the professional capabilities of employees…
