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Joint Employer Test Must Consider ‘Reserved or Indirect Control,’ D.C. Circuit Rules

08/01/2022 | 1 minute read

Posted in NLRB

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In 2009, the James Brown compilation album The Godfather’s Smackdown, Live! was released.It’sa two-disc compilation of live shows from 1980. I never saw James Brown live, but I did see James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub.

On Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a different kind of smackdown, chastising the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for ignoring the Circuit Court’s earlier directive about the joint employer test. Believe it or not, this case is another chapter in the ongoing Browning-Ferris saga.

Read the full article on the Employment Law Spotlight.