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Browning-Ferris Industries of v. NLRB

  1. September 14, 2016

    EEOC Backs NLRB's Joint-Employer Rule At DC Circ.

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voiced its support Wednesday for the loosened definition of a joint employer adopted by the National Labor Relations Board last year, telling the D.C. Circuit the new standard is in line with its own, time-tested approach.

  2. September 07, 2016

    NLRB Defends Joint-Employer Rule At DC Circ.

    The National Labor Relations Board pushed back at Browning-Ferris Industries' appeal of the standard the board applied to name it a joint employer in a dispute with workers, saying the waste management company's ire over the standard clarification was overblown.

  3. June 15, 2016

    Browning-Ferris Supporters Slam NLRB Joint Employer Test

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Microsoft, numerous industry trade groups and the state of Texas each sided with waste management company Browning-Ferris Industries on Tuesday in its D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's new joint-employer standard. Here, Law360 looks at the arguments presented by BFI's amicus supporters.

  4. June 08, 2016

    BFI Decries NLRB Joint-Employer Rule To DC Circ.

    Waste management company Browning-Ferris Industries on Tuesday urged the D.C. Circuit to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's "broad and unconstitutionally vague" joint-employer standard, saying it hinders companies' ability to enter into business arrangements with contractors.