Trial opened last week before a NLRB Administrative Law Judge in New York regarding the extent of the NLRB’s
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Franchising Model on Trial
IFA FAN (Franchise Action Network) Wants to Hear Your Story!
The International Franchise Association’s Annual Convention is just around the corner and will be held later this month in San Antonio, Texas from February 20-23rd. This year representatives
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DOL Issues New Guidance on Joint Employment
The issue of joint employers has been a big concern for franchisors and franchisees in light of recent NLRB rulings. Now entering into the fray, the U.S. Department of Labor
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More Franchise Insurance Issues You Need To Consider (Part Two)
In my last post, I outlined some practice pointers and issues to consider when addressing a franchise system’s typically universal requirement to add the franchisor as an additional insured under
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Joint employer claims move forward against hotel franchisor in sexual servitude suit
Browning-Ferris based claims against hotel franchisor Marriott International Incorporated (“Marriott”) will move forward, according to an Illinois federal court. The suit seeks to hold Marriott liable as a joint employer
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More States Moving to Limit Fallout from Browning Ferris
More states seem to be jumping on the bandwagon to address the issues surrounding joint employer liability which were raised to a new level by the Labor Relations Board’s Browning
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Will the Decision Stand in the First NLRB Case Applying the Browning-Ferris Joint Employer Test?
Franchisors recently got a little jolt of confidence that perhaps not every franchise relationship would create a joint employment relationship under the National Labor Relations Board Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB
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Where’s the “Unlike” Button When You Need It? Second Circuit Affirms NLRB’s Triple Play Decision
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) got a big boost from the Second Circuit when it issued its decision in Triple Play v. National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB
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Long Arm of Browning-Ferris? Hotel franchisor named as “joint employer” in alleged sexual servitude suit
A hotel assistant manager who allegedly coerced housekeepers into sexual “servitude” is now defending himself in federal court, along with his employer TMI Hospitality Incorporated (“TMI”). But they’re not alone:
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NLRB’s “Refined” Joint-Employer Test: What is “Indirect” Control?
Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Thomas Basta, an associate in the Labor and Employment department:
In a highly anticipated decision, the NLRB today departed from three decades
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