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   https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-judge-texas-blocks-us-labor-   
   board-rule-107998334   
      
   A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule by the National Labor   
   Relations Board that would have made it easier for millions of workers to   
   form unions at big companies.   
      
   The rule, which was due to go into effect Monday, would have set new   
   standards for determining when two companies should be considered “joint   
   employers” in labor negotiations.   
      
   Under the current NLRB rule, which was passed by a Republican-dominated   
   board in 2020, a company like McDonald’s isn’t considered a joint employer   
   of most of its workers since they are directly employed by franchisees.   
      
   The new rule would have expanded that definition to say companies may be   
   considered joint employers if they have the ability to control — directly   
   or indirectly — at least one condition of employment. Conditions include   
   wages and benefits, hours and scheduling, the assignment of duties, work   
   rules and hiring.   
      
   The NLRB argued a change is necessary because the current rule makes it   
   too easy for companies to avoid their legal responsibility to bargain with   
   workers.   
      
   The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups — including the   
   American Hotel and Lodging Association, the International Franchise   
   Association and the National Retail Federation — sued the NLRB in federal   
   court in the Eastern District of Texas in November to block the rule.   
      
   They argued the new rule would upend years of precedent and could make   
   companies liable for workers they don’t employ at workplaces they don’t   
   own.   
      
   In his decision Friday granting the plaintiffs' motion for a summary   
   judgement, U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker concluded that the   
   NLRB’s new rule would be “contrary to law” and that it was “arbitrary and   
   capricious” in regard to how it would change the existing rule.   
      
   Barker found that by establishing an array of new conditions to be used to   
   determine whether a company meets the standard of a joint employer, the   
   NRLB's new rule exceeds “the bounds of the common law.”   
      
   The NRLB is reviewing the court's decision and considering its next steps   
   in the case, the agency said in a statement Saturday.   
      
   “The District Court’s decision to vacate the Board’s rule is a   
   disappointing setback, but is not the last word on our efforts to return   
   our joint-employer standard to the common law principles that have been   
   endorsed by other courts,” said Lauren McFerran, the NLRB’s chairman.   
      
      
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