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ICYMI: Congress Must Act to Protect Local Businesses From Joint Employer Scheme

Far too often in Washington, D.C., when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.


By Chairwoman Virginia Foxx

Far too often in Washington, D.C., when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. That certainly seemed to be the mindset of government bureaucrats during the Obama administration.

In an attempt to solve a problem that didn’t exist, bureaucrats who have never owned a business or made a payroll distorted the definition of what it means to be an employer. It began with the National Labor Relations Board’s 2015 ruling in the Browning-Ferris Industries case, which dramatically expanded the joint employer standard. Then, the Obama administration took this radical policy a step further.

Read the full op-ed published by The Hill here.
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