Joint-Employer Ruling Update and P.F. Chang’s Joins ezCater

6 Min Read By MRM Staff

The TGIF edition of MRM's Daily Bite features the latest on the "joint employer" ruling from the NLRB, ezCater and P.F. Chang’s, Pizza Boli's, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of New York and Bite Squad.

Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. 

Joint-Employer Ruling ApplaudedThe National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voted 3-2  to reverse its own 2015 ruling that waste management company Browning Ferris Industries could be considered a joint employer with Leadpoint Business Services, a staffing agency it subcontracted, even if it had only indirect or unexercised control over Leadpoint’s workers. The 2015 ruling contradicted guidelines followed for more than 30 years that said a company had to have direct control over the actions of a subcontractor or franchisee’s employees in order to be a joint employer.

Today’s vote overturned the Browning-Ferris ruling and reinstated the previous standard requiring direct…