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Jan

Labor Department Issues Final Joint Employer Rule

From NAHB Now

The Labor Department (DOL) on January 12 announced a final rule to provide a clearer methodology for determining joint employer status. The rule will provide employers clarity and certainty regarding their responsibility to pay federal minimum wage and overtime for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.

Where an employee performs work for the employer that simultaneously benefits another individual or entity, the Labor Department provides a four-part test to determine whether the potential joint employer actually exercises the power to:

  • Hire or fire the employee;
  • Supervise and control the employee’s work schedules or conditions of employment;
  • Set the employee’s pay rate and method of payment; and
  • Maintain the employee’s employment records.

Click Here for more from NAHB. More information from DOL about the Joint Employer Final Rule can be found at the following link:

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/2020-joint-employment