NLRB Takes Next Step to Reclassify Student Athletes as Employees Under Federal Law

By Gregg E. Clifton and Christina Stylianou, of Lewis Brisbois The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) effort to reclassify student-athletes as employees continues to move forward. In an anticipated next step, the NLRB’s Regional Director in Los Angeles has issued a formal complaint alleging that the football and men’s and women’s basketball players at the University of Southern California (USC) are actually employees of the school, the Pac-12 conference, and the NC