In a victory for business interests, including the linen, uniform and facility services industry, the administration of President Donald Trump recently issued a rollback of a restrictive rule on joint employers that was enacted by his predecessor, President Barack Obama, according to news reports.

On Jan. 12, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a rewrite of the Joint Employer Rule, the reports said, noting that the effort to revise the regulation had begun when Trump took office three years ago. Their reason was that the courts shouldn’t hold businesses liable for labor law violations by other companies in cases where ...