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Employers warn subcommittee that broad joint‑employer, independent‑contractor standards and student‑employee coverage threaten business models
Summary
Business and employer representatives told the House subcommittee that NLRB interpretations expanding joint‑employer status, covering graduate students and student athletes as employees, and narrowing independent‑contractor definitions threaten franchises, gig work and other business arrangements.
At the hearing, employer representatives and pro‑business witnesses urged congressional or agency action to reinstate narrower standards for joint‑employer relationships and independent‑contractor status and to limit perceived expansion of NLRB coverage.
Roger King, senior labor and employment counsel at the HR Policy Association, testified that recent NLRB changes — including a broader standard for joint employment and guidance that treated some graduate…
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