The Federal Government’s Schizophrenic Definitions Of “Employer”
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Nathan Mehrens
President of Americans for Limited Government
2:30 PM 08/26/2016
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An employer is an employer except when we don’t want it called an employer. This is apparently the motto of President Obama’s appointees in two federal agencies that enforce labor and employment law.
The National Labor Relations Board in its recent Columbia University case was asked to decide whether the word “employee” as found in the National Labor Relations Act includes certain students “who perform services at a university in connection with their studies are statutory employees within the meaning of Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act.” The Board in overruling previous case law now says that these individuals are employees. This means that they can be targeted by labor unions for money.
Generally in law an employee is someone who works for an employer.
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/26/the-federal-governments-schizophrenic-definitions-of-employer/#ixzz4Ij93LnEA
