President Trump has provided the franchise industry long sought relief from an Obama administration ruling that has beleaguered the industry for the past several years. In the Browning-Ferris decision, the NLRB said joint employment could also exist when companies have only “indirect or unexercised control” over workers. Under this NLRB ruling, the rule was relaxed whereby, the sharing and supervision of franchise employees could be interpreted more broadly. Joint employment is the sharing of the control and supervision of an employee's activities among two or more business entities. The issue of a joint employer has been a major concern for franchisors.

Source: Forbes September 18, 2018 00:00 UTC