Relief for Employers: NLRB Formally Reinstates Direct Control Joint Employer Test

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) formally reinstated its 2020 joint-employer rule on February 26, 2026, restoring it as the governing standard under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The now reinstated 2020 rule requires a company to exercise "substantial direct and immediate" control over another employer's employees in order to be considered joint employers.... By: Baker Donelson