Joint Employer Rule Ends Today

The DOL has rescinded a final rule that rescinded an earlier rule on “joint employer status” under the Fair Labor Standards Act, effective today. As it stands now, there may be a joint employer for an employee. The DOL gives this example: A joint employer relationship could occur where a hotel contracts with a staffing agency to provide cleaning staff, which the hotel directly controls. If the agency and the hotel are joint employers, they are both responsible for worker protections (i.e., paying minimum wage and overtime).  #IdeaoftheDay