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title: "GOP Leaders Fight Back Against NLRB Decision"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1ce34fad-f3fa-4146-94c3-7a61c18f5d4f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/gop-leaders-fight-back-against-nlrb-decision-2466
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2015-09-11T21:16:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:15:54.798Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc80.png
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# GOP Leaders Fight Back Against NLRB Decision

**TL;DR:** GOP leaders introduce legislation to undo the National Labor Relations Board's joint-employer standard decision, which may affect franchisees and franchisors. The legislation aims to restore previous policies that governed labor law.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-09-11. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/gop-leaders-fight-back-against-nlrb-decision-2466).*

## Story

The franchise industry is not lying down in the wake of the National Labor Relations Board decision to expand the joint-employer standard.

Republican leaders of the House and Senate labor committees introduced legislation this week to undo the recent NLRB decision. Under the new standard, employers may have new obligations and liabilities under federal labor law in relation to employees of others companies with which they do business. Franchisees and franchisors are two of the biggest groups that could be adversely affected by the decision.

"The NLRB’s new joint-employer standard would make big businesses bigger and the middle class smaller by discouraging companies from franchising and contracting work to small businesses," Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., said of the legislation in a statement. "Our common-sense proposal would restore policies in place long before the NLRB’s radical decision, the very same policies that served workers, employers, and consumers well for decades."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- National Labor Relations Board (regulator)
- joint employer standard (topic)
- labor law (topic)
- nlrb decision (topic)
- gop legislation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/gop-leaders-fight-back-against-nlrb-decision-2466). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1ce34fad-f3fa-4146-94c3-7a61c18f5d4f).