Libertas Institute Submits Comments Opposing NLRB Joint Employer Rule Making

Caden Rosenbaum
| 12th Dec 2022

This week, Libertas Institute submitted comments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) opposing its Notice of Proposed Rule Making titled, “Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Standard.”

The NLRB’s proposed rule will hurt small businesses and franchises alike who rely on the clarity of the existing rule to determine joint employment. Removing the clarity that the existing rule provides, and adding indirect control to the list of vague elements used to prove joint employment, will only complicate employment relationships and lead to fewer opportunities for workers.

Click here to read our full comments in the Federal Register.

About the author

Caden Rosenbaum

Caden Rosenbaum serves as the senior policy analyst leading the tech and innovation policy portfolio. As an attorney with experience analyzing laws and regulations, as well as advocating for substantive reform, his work contributed to the passage of the nation’s first portable benefit law, allowing companies to offer meaningful work-related benefits to gig workers in Utah. Caden’s diverse background in technology, innovation, and workforce policy includes many years working in Washington, DC alongside some of the country’s brightest minds at organizations like TechFreedom and the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University. Caden enjoys spending time with his wife, tending to his strawberry garden, and competing online in VR table tennis matches.

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