United States: NLRB Adopts Stricter Test For Independent Contractors - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

On June 13, 2023, the NLRB issued a decision in Atlanta Opera tightening the legal standard for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor exempt from the requirements of the NLRA and returning to the standard used by the NLRB prior to 2019.