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March 4th, 2015

How Upcoming Legal Cases May Change the Future of Franchises

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 nationwide protests by employees seeking higher pay. The workers accuse the companies of retaliating against employees who took…

Heller challenges NLRB ruling on who is employer

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 big game hunting. His quarry was the elephant in the room — a recent finding by the National…

NELP is wrong: The buck stops with franchisees

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 by the National Labor Relations Board. While organized labor would certainly love to paint a bigger target on…