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AAHOA Applauds NLRB’s Withdrawal of Joint-Employer Rule Appeal
AAHOA | July 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22 – The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) welcomes the recent announcement that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has formally withdrawn its appeal of the Federal Court decision nullifying the latest attempt to rewrite the joint-employer rules. This development marks a significant victory for hotel owners and franchisees across the United States. The joint-employer rule, which could have a significant impact on small business owners, including franchisees, determines when multiple employers are responsible for an individual employee. The proposed changes created considerable ambiguity. The co...
Hoteliers Win as NLRB Withdraws Joint-Employer Appeal
AHLA | July 22, 2024
WASHINGTON (July 22, 2024) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey released the following statement today after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) withdrew its appeal of a federal court ruling blocking its joint-employer final rule. That rule would have made it easier for the NLRB to declare joint-employment status in business relationships and allowed unions to organize by company rather than property by property. “Today marks a huge victory in our fight to preserve the franchise business model for hoteliers across the country. The NLRB’s decision to withdraw its appeal will ...
Senate Votes to Overturn Job-Killing Joint-Employer Rule
AHLA | April 11, 2024
WASHINGTON (April 11, 2024) – American Hotel & Lodging Association Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to overturn the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) destructive joint-employer rule. The House of Representatives passed the same resolution in January, and it now heads to the president’s desk for consideration. Additionally, following a lawsuit filed by AHLA and other business groups, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on March 8 blocked NLRB’s implementation of the rule. “Today’s bipartisan Senate vote i...
Franchising Model Restored, as AHLA and Business Groups Prevail in Joint-Employer Lawsuit
AHLA | March 11, 2024
WASHINGTON (March 11, 2024) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Interim President & CEO Kevin Carey released the below statement today after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas blocked a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule to change the way joint-employer status is determined. In its decision, the court also reinstated a 2020 NLRB rule that protects businesses from undue liability for employees over whom they do not have direct control. “This decision is a huge win for hoteliers, the lodging industry, and franchised businesses. The ruling will critically reestablish franchisees' control ov...
AHLA Statement on Bipartisan Resolution to Overturn Job-Killing Joint-Employer Rule
AHLA | November 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (Nov. 10, 2023) – After House and Senate lawmakers introduced a bipartisan resolution aimed at overturning the National Labor Relations Board’s destructive joint-employer rule, American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers released the following statement: “AHLA welcomes this Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the NLRB’s disastrous joint-employer rule. The NLRB is intentionally taking a wrecking ball to one of America’s great economic engines – the franchise model – and jeopardizing millions of small business jobs,” said AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers. “We thank ...
AHLA Condemns Destructive Joint-Employer Rule
AHLA | October 27, 2023
WASHINGTON (Oct. 27, 2023) – American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) President & CEO Chip Rogers is speaking out today after the National Labor Relations Board issued a final regulation unjustifiably expanding the “joint-employer standard” under the National Labor Relations Act. The standard is used to determine when two or more employers are jointly responsible for a shared group of workers’ essential terms and conditions of employment and thus jointly liable for violations of the National Labor Relations Act and have joint bargaining responsibilities for unionized employees. The NLRB’s expansion, effective Dec. 26, ...
AHLA: Proposed NLRB Rule Would Significantly Harm Hotels and Franchise Model
AHLA | December 8, 2022
WASHINGTON (Dec. 8, 2022) – The American Hotel & Lodging Association today strongly opposed the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed regulations to establish a new “joint-employer standard” under the National Labor Relations Act in comments submitted to the board. AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers also released the following statement opposing the regulations. “If implemented, NLRB’s proposed ‘joint-employer’ rule would have a chilling effect on the hotel industry and the entire U.S. franchising model,” said AHLA President & CEO Chip Rogers. “It would minimize franchisees' control over their own bus...
Hotel Industry Praises Department of Labor Decision to Rescind Onerous Joint Employer Guidance
the American Hotel and Lodging Association | June 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – June 8, 2017 – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today praised the Department of Labor's decision to rescind an Obama Administration rule that greatly expanded the joint employer standard established under the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) 2015 Browning-Ferris Industries of California decision. "With three out of every five lodging businesses considered small businesses and so many flourishing under the franchise model, it is critical that these employers have clarity and certainty as to who they employ and for whom they are liable under the law," said Brian Crawford, Vice Presi...
