New York, Other States Sue DOL Over Narrowing Joint Employment Standard

Mealey's (February 28, 2020, 12:14 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule revising its regulations interpreting the joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) threaten protections for low- and middle-income workers, make those workers more vulnerable to wage theft and cost them more than $1 billion annually, New York, 16 other states and the District of Columbia allege in a complaint filed Feb. 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (New York, et al. v. Eugene Scalia, et al., No. 20-1689, S.D. N.Y.)....

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