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Franchise Industry Calamity Averted, For Now

By Natalma M. McKnew on October 30, 2021

In recent blogs, we identified serious threats to the franchise industry – the Protect the Right to Organize (“PRO”) Act, joint employer standards, state ABC laws, and…
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Posted in Industry Updates

Franchising Threat No. 3: Other State Legislation and Policies

By Natalma M. McKnew & John Gotaskie on August 29, 2021

The California version of the ABC test is arguably the most hostile to franchising. Nonetheless, the risk is not confined to California.

This is because the ABC employee classification test,…
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Posted in Business Updates, Industry Updates, Joint Employer

Franchising Threat No. 1: The PRO Act

By Natalma M. McKnew & John Gotaskie on August 19, 2021

The PRO Act would do serious, and perhaps mortal, damage to the franchise industry. It would make sweeping changes to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the Labor Management Relations…
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Posted in Business Updates, Industry Updates

WHIPLASH! A stunningly fast reversal of labor policies

By Natalma M. McKnew on February 25, 2021

It was predictable – even inevitable – that the Biden administration would reverse much of Trump’s labor oeuvre. But no one could have predicted how quickly! In a little more…
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Posted in Joint Employer, Risk Management

Franchising on the Precipice: Unknowns in Transition

By Natalma M. McKnew on December 8, 2020

Over the last 8 years or so, the ever-changing landscape of employment laws has arguably posed an existential threat to franchising. The franchise business model may not make sense if…
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Posted in Business Updates, Legislative Updates

Not a Joint-Employer? Franchisors Now Need to Prove the Negative in California

By John Gotaskie on May 15, 2019

A wage and hour case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, is the latest front in the joint employer battle.  In Vazquez,…
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Posted in Joint Employer, Legal Decisions

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