Laxalt opposes change in employer regulation

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has joined five other states in protesting National Labor Relations Board plans to change a 30 year old labor standard.

He said the change redefined the legal standard for joint employer status replacing what he said was a clear rule with a “vague and unworkable economic realities test.” He said that would expose businesses to liability for workers they don’t actually employ.

“Unnecessarily changing this decades-old standard hurts Nevada’s companies, including our small businesses, which could lead to fewer jobs in this state,” Laxalt said.

The existing standard says a company is a joint employer only if the company shares “direct and immediate control over the terms and conditions of employment with another company.”

Changing that rule, he said, could create problems especially for franchise businesses and specialty subcontractors.