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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…

Hotel Industry Key Ally in New Business Coalition to Protect Existing Franchise Model

By Hospitality Net The American Hotel & Lodging Association, the sole national association representing all segments of the 1.8 million-employee lodging industry, has joined in the launch of a new coalition today made up of local business owners, along with other small-business leaders and others who are concerned that the…

Small business coalition lobbies Congress to rein in NLRB

By Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner A new coalition representing small business said it would lobby Congress to rein in the National Labor Relations Board. The group, calling itself the Coalition to Save Local Businesses, said the board’s recent moves to change the legal definition of “joint employer” in a case…