Tag: NLRB

Background Checks
News
July 30, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has abandoned its proposed joint employer rules, which—as we’ve said before—would have made it easier for employees to argue that one or more corporate entities were the employer of record for an employee. From the start, the NLRB’s proposed rule was met with challenges in federal district court in Texas, which struck down the rule for reasons we need not concern ourselves with here. But, just recently, the NLRB has decided to drop its appeal of the Texas federal court’s ruling, effectively meaning that the NLRB’s joint-employer rules remain struck down.
News
January 9, 2024
Elon Musk is in the news again. SpaceX sued the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday, January 4, 2024, claiming that the NLRB’s structure violates the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit comes after the NLRB filed an administrative complaint against SpaceX, alleging that the company unlawfully fired eight employees who had drafted and circulated an open letter detailing workplace concerns at SpaceX.