Joint employment (US Law) (original) (raw)

Joint employment is the sharing of control and supervision of an employee's activity among two or more business entities. At present, no single definition of joint employment exists. Instead, various employment laws define situations in which joint employment may occur with respect to that law. An example is the Family and Medical Leave Act in the United States. This Act defines joint employment in determining which business entity has the legal responsibility to provide an equivalent job for an employee returning from family or medical leave.