Supreme Court Won’t Review DirecTV Joint Employer Case

The U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 8 declined to weigh in on the lightning rod issue of when related businesses can be held liable for each other’s illegal employment practices.

The decision means that a range of different tests to determine when companies are joint employers will persist in the 13 regional federal appellate courts.

The National Labor Relations Board, which handles workplace complaints and union organizing, also recently established its own new test on the issue, reversing course from a broader standard established during President Barack Obama’s administration. A federal appeals court was in the process of reviewing the Obama-era ...