In October 2023, the NLRB finalized its Joint Employer Rule (the Rule), which was slated to become effective February 26, 2024. The Rule would expand when franchisors, staffing company users and other placement firms with business connections to another employer’s direct employees are considered joint employers. Per the NLRB’s press release, an entity may be considered a joint employer of a group of employees if each entity has an employment relationship with the employees and they share or codetermine one or more of the employees’ essential terms and conditions of employment. The latter are defined exclusively as: (1) wages, benefits,…