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March 31st, 2015

Eakinomics: NLRB, McDonalds and the Joint Employer Rule

This week an administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will begin consideration of whether McDonald’s should be considered the “joint employer” of all McDonalds workers, instead of them being considered the employees of individual franchises. At issue is whether the franchise or the parent company…

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…