Last week, the National Labor Relations Board gave unions a big win — even by the Obama administration's labor-friendly standards. While that's good news for labor supporters, the so-called new joint employer rule could fundamentally harm a wide range of U.S. businesses.
The NLRB, the independent federal agency which advocates for employees' collective bargaining rights, ruled that companies can be held responsible for the labor violations of their contractors. That's a huge change in labor law, and it could make businesses that contract services or franchise rethink those options.
