Fri, 05/09/2014
The National Labor Relations Board held in a 3-2 decision that Browning-Ferris Industries, a waste management company, is a joint employer with Leadpoint Business Services, a staffing company that supplied Browning-Ferris with workers.
Under this new standard, a parent company is considered a “joint employer” with its subcontractors or franchisees if it maintains indirect and/or reserved control over its employees’ terms and conditions of employment. As a result, employees of franchisees or subcontractors can now pull these major corporations into collective bargaining negotiations. Employees also can hold these parent corporations liable for labor violations along with their franchisees and subcontractors.
If you are an employee of a franchised or subcontracted business, and are not being paid the minimum wage or are not being paid overtime, please contact us.
