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AH&LA Commends Bicameral Efforts to Restore Long-Standing Definition of Joint Employer
the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) | September 10, 2015
Washington, D.C. – September 10, 2015 – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, today applauded bicameral legislation introduced with the aim of restoring the time-tested, appropriate legal definition of joint employer in order to protect the success of small businesses across the country. The "Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act" (S. 2015 and H.R. 3459) reestablishes a simple definition of joint employers, which is currently the model guiding the franchisee/franchisor relationship under the National Labor Re...
Local Business Owners Unite to Combat NLRB Overreach
February 11, 2015
Recent National Labor Relations Board Actions Could Jeopardize Local Businesses Across the Country WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2015 - In direct response to significant regulatory overreach by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a group of local business owners and industry leaders launched a comprehensive lobbying, public affairs, media relations and grassroots campaign to preserve the existing joint employer standard. The Coalition to Save Local Businesses (CSLB) seeks to inform Members of Congress of the potentially devastating impact that redefining this standard would have on their businesses and the overall U.S. economy. The coalit...
