SHRM Quotes Noah Finkel on Proposed Joint Employer Rule

SHRM quoted Noah Finkel, co-chair of Seyfarth's national Wage and Hour Litigation practice group, in its article, “Strategic Choices Remain Despite Proposed Joint Employer Rule.” The piece, published on May 27, 2026, explores the compliance challenges employers face amid a patchwork of federal and state joint employer standards and the strategic decisions HR leaders must make as regulatory uncertainty continues.

Finkel highlighted the difficulty of navigating multiple definitions of joint employment, noting:

“Avoiding a finding of joint employment when considering the various sources of potential liability is a headache. Employers, in consultation with their lawyers and HR professionals, need to determine which of those sources poses their most significant risk and structure their relationships with other companies based on that source’s definition.”

The full article is available here.