Secretary Of Labor, Groups Will Appeal Joint Employment Ruling

Mealey's (November 9, 2020, 1:24 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The U.S. secretary of Labor and trade groups separately filed notices on Nov. 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that they will appeal a Sept. 8 ruling deeming the portions of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule revising its regulations interpreting vertical joint employer liability as “arbitrary and capricious,” in conflict with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and “flawed in just about every respect” (New York, et al. v. Eugene Scalia, et al., No. 20-1689, S.D. N.Y.)....