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**Amazon, Surveillance, and the NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule**

May 30, 2023 Reed Shaw

The importance of acknowledging worker surveillance as a factor in determining joint employment under the NLRB's forthcoming final rule.

January 5, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work appears here to stay. As infection rates have surged in recent weeks, many employers across the country have instructed their employees to continue working remotely, putting a halt to company return-to-office plans. And it appears increasingly likely that working from home will remain the long-term norm—at least […]

August 30, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

A new Gallup poll finds that Americans’ support for labor unions continues to remain high at 62 percent approval. This year’s level of support is the highest since 2003, when 65 percent of Americans approved of organized labor, and is on par with last year’s 61 percent figure. The same poll indicates that 39 percent […]

March 9, 2018
News & Commentary

Maddy Joseph

Trump officially announced new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum yesterday, with industry workers standing on as he signed the proclamation. As many have reported, the tariffs are billed as a measure to protect American manufacturing workers, but the steel and aluminum industries don’t employ many, and other manufacturing industries could strain under higher prices […]

October 5, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

On Tuesday, a House of Representatives bill to narrow the definition of joint employer passed out of committee in a party-line vote. The Save Local Business Act would limit employer liability under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act to only those entities that “directly, actually and immediately” exert “significant control” […]

DOL Withdraws Weil Memos on Misclassification and Joint Employment

Jun 7, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

The Department of Labor announced today that it has withdrawn two memos (so-called Administrator’s Interpretations, or AIs) issued by David Weil’s Wage and Hour Division in 2015 and 2106. The first AI concerned the definition of employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act and helpfully clarified existing law regarding the distinction between employees and independent contractors. […]

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Amazon, Surveillance, and the NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule

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DOL Withdraws Weil Memos on Misclassification and Joint Employment