The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and
employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how
what's happening in Washington, D.C. could impact your
business.
Joint-Employer Update. As a pre-Halloween treat
to stakeholders who are preparing written comments on the National
Labor Relations Board's (NLRB)
proposed joint-employer rule, on October 30, 2018, the NLRB extended by 30 days the comment due date.
The extension was likely due to a recent letter from congressional Democrats who
asked for an additional 60 days within which to file comments.
Comments, which were originally due on November 13, 2018, are now
due on December 13, 2018. Further, this week NLRB Chairman John F.
Ring disputed an article in Bloomberg BNA regarding
the Board's response to Democrats' demand for information
relating to the ongoing joint-employer rulemaking. Ring also decried the invasion of politics into Board
processes. While the Buzz tends to agree with
