Headnote for 2868M, 201.04 Joint Employer, Single Employer, and Alter Ego Doctrines - California Public Employment Relations Board

PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYER? – Joint Employer, Single Employer, and Alter Ego Doctrines

Single Topic for Decision 2868M

Full Decision Text (click on the link to view): Full Text

201.00000 – PARTIES; DEFINITIONS; WHO IS AN EMPLOYER?
201.04000 – Joint Employer, Single Employer, and Alter Ego Doctrines

Entities in a single-employer relationship must bargain over all terms and conditions of employment, while those in a joint employer relationship must bargain only over terms they control or partially control. (County of Ventura (2018) PERB Decision No. 2600-M, p. 33.) Neither a joint-employer relationship nor a single-employer relationship reflects a formal merger of separate entities. (Id. at pp. 40-41.) Rather, each is a legal construct for collective bargaining purposes. (Id. at pp. 40-43.) Such a construct has legal significance only for the purpose of representation and collective bargaining. (Id. at pp. 41-42 & 49.) (pp. 36-37.)