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How Upcoming Legal Cases May Change the Future of Franchises

Share:By: Joyce Rosenberg, Associated Press Franchise owners wonder whether they’ll lose autonomy as a result of hearings into about 80 charges against McDonald’s and some of its franchisees. The hearings stem from…

Heller challenges NLRB ruling on who is employer

Share:By: Craig A. Ruark, Special to the Las Vegas Business Press U.S. Sen. Dean Heller used a small business round table at the recent International Franchising Association’s convention as an opportunity to do some…

NELP is wrong: The buck stops with franchisees

Share:By Dawn Sweeney, Restaurant Business A recent column by the National Employment Law Project suggests that McDonald’s should rightly be “on the hook” for local employment violations of its franchisees as suggested…