"Individual franchisees" refers to individual people who own and operate a franchise business under a larger company or brand.
Full definition
On partisan lines, the National Labor Relations Board this week changed the way it defines a joint employer, essentially holding large franchises like McDonald's responsible for the employees that work
for individual franchisees.
Hall
said individual franchisees make staffing decisions, but the goal of the app is to drive sales, which should result in more employment opportunities.
Because of this, employees are a big step closer to being able to bargain with franchises collectively on issues of pay and alleged mistreatment, as opposed to dealing
with individual franchisees.
Anago Cleaning Systems is a commercial cleaning franchise system supporting over 30 Master Franchises and 2,400
individual franchisees in the U.S. and internationally.
The master franchisee replicates the business strategy of Anytime Fitness in their geographic region, selling the proven Anytime Fitness concept to
individual franchisees within that region, which could be a city, state, territory, country, or group of countries.
Although we have
seen individual franchisees take on cooking oil as biodiesel, we are very glad to see the parent corporations taking notice as well.
The new corporate and two
new individual franchisees guaranteed the obligations of the original franchisee under the franchise agreement, including a post-termination restrictive covenant.
Although NAR this year briefly allowed franchisors to display IDX listings on their national websites in markets where they had obtained permission
from individual franchisees, the policy was controversial.
A voluntary Centralized Services program, launched in February 2015, provides brokers with comprehensive marketing, a fully - staffed call center and agent hiring experts who are able to manage agent recruiting and support brokerage growth
for individual franchisees.
When chains ask me to go directly to
their individual franchisees, I say no.
The company, however, isn't accepting
any individual franchisees; it's looking only for franchisee groups that can open multiple restaurants in any given territory.
IFA members include franchise companies in over 300 different business format categories,
individual franchisees and companies that support the industry in marketing, law and business development.
And for
individual franchisees, a ruling in favor of joint employer status would mean they are no longer independent business owners and more beholden to corporate rules.
The labor board is weighing whether McDonald's is defined as a joint employer with
its individual franchisees.
Worse, the lack of direction frequently led to pitched battles between Burger King's Miami head office and
individual franchisees — an uncomfortable parallel with Tim Hortons» own fights with its franchisees — including a class action lawsuit brought by franchisees over a $ 1 double cheeseburger.
Golden Chick makes a point to stay highly connected with the needs and concerns of each of its franchises, promoting the success of
each individual franchisee as part of the Golden Chick family, Parmerlee says.
Tim Hortons has said
individual franchisees are responsible for setting employee wages and benefits, while complying with applicable laws.
Although a national organisation using a franchising model can not usually apply for the HSSF Mark on behalf of
its individual franchisees, we will consider organisations and their accountability / organisational structure on a case by case basis.
«We tailor services to
each individual franchisee.
1 / The fact that one franchised operation should choose participation and that another wouldn't, should be up to
the individual franchisee — notwithstanding written franchise agreements.
In fact, a recent court case shows that «when a consumer sued a major national brand for the actions of a nearly defunct franchisee, documents filed by the company contended that the franchisor bears no responsibility for the actions of
the individual franchisee or its agents — and the court agreed.»