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The Trump administration has issued a proposed regulation that would revise the standard used to determine whether two companies are “joint employers” of the same worker under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. If finalized, the rule would make it somewhat more difficult for the government and workers to establish joint employment—a development with notable implications for franchisors, though relatively modest ones for the staffing industry.