NLRB General Counsel Seeks To Regulate and Target Employers with Independent Contractors

On August 26, 2016, Richard Griffin, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), released an Advice Memorandum outlining his legal theory that the misclassification of employees as independent contractors constitutes a standalone violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) because, in his view, the misclassification interferes with and restrains the exercise of Section 7 rights.[1]

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