The National Labor Relations Board has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make it easier for
workers to claim joint employment, reversing a February 2020 rule that made it more difficult for workers to
make such a claim. The current rule states that employees could only claim to be employed by companies
holding “substantial, direct and immediate control” over their employment. The proposal would loosen that
standard to include employers that exercised such control over essential terms and conditions “directly or
indirectly.”
