TL;DR
Recent NLRB rulings treating franchisors as joint employers may be attributed to unions and the Affordable Care Act. The National Labor Relations Board's complaints against McDonald's serve two purposes: to provide unions with leverage and to get around the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate.
A recent article from The Business Journals makes the case that recent rulings that would treat franchisors as joint employers with their franchisees can be attributed to unions and the Affordable Care Act.
Jim Blasingame wrote the National Labor Relations Board’s recent complaints against McDonald’s would serve two purposes: Provide unions with something to chew on in the face of President Obama’s opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline and also get around the fact that most franchisees don’t usually have enough employees to be governed by the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate.
Blasingame went on to say such regulations are an assault on the American Dream itself.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on March 5, 2015. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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