Browning-Ferris Asks Court to Stay Out of Joint Employer Case

The company in the middle of a dispute that could decide when a business is considered an employer of workers supplied by contractors and other businesses has asked a federal appeals court not to weigh in on the hot-button joint-employer issue.

Browning-Ferris Industries filed a motion March 12 asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to deny the National Labor Relations Board’s request that the court resume reviewing the company’s appeal of a 2015 board decision. The company said the board’s request is “premature” because the NLRB hasn’t resolved confusion about how it determines whether ...