The Illinois Attorney General sued the Jimmy John’s fast food franchisor earlier this month [1], seeking a declaratory judgment that Jimmy John’s non-compete covenants violate the state’s Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. All employees, including sandwich makers and delivery drivers, are barred from working at any business that earns more than 10% of its revenue from selling submarine and other… Read more »
Recent Franchise Articles
The following articles relate to our Franchise Practice. We represent regional franchisors, franchisees, and distributors in retail service, consumer products, human resources, and home healthcare industries.
Franchisors, Franchisees Take Note! NLRB: Beware Positive Attitudes in the Workplace…
April 3, 2016 – Franchise
Over the past several years the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has taken an increasingly aggressive position against company employee handbook rules that the Board thinks may be seen by employees as restricting their union organizing and labor dispute rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Act (NLRA or Act). Under the NLRB’s… Read more »
New California CFRA Provisions Increase Franchisee Protections, Franchisor Risk
January 7, 2016 – Business, Franchise
In response to perceived overreaching and abuse by franchisors, the California legislature amended the Franchise Relations Act (CFRA) strengthen franchisees’ rights regarding terminations, non-renewals, and franchise transfers. The changes are effective January 1, 2016. Termination Rights Franchisors retain the right to terminate franchisees without providing a right to “cure”, for reasons such as the abandonment… Read more »
Franchisors Risk Liability as “Joint Employer” Under NLRB Decision
December 31, 2015 – Business, Franchise
Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. 362 NLRB No. 186 (Aug. 27, 2015) As one commentator noted, the most important franchise case of 2015, Browning Ferris,” isn’t a franchise case”. By a 3-2 vote, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned 30 years’ of precedent in adopting a new, broader, more lax definition of “joint employer”. According to… Read more »
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