Franchise Operators Lobby for Joint-Employer Definition to Remain
A group of franchise business operators launched a coalition to lobby Congress in an ongoing battle to prevent franchisors from being considered “joint employers” with franchisees, reports Nation’s Restaurant News.
The Coalition to Save Local Businesses was created with support from the International Franchise Association, or IFA, which has been at the forefront of attempts to prevent a shift in the joint-employer definition by the National Labor Relations Board.
The report says that coalition leaders, as a first step, plan to educate lawmakers on how a shift of the joint-employer definition would impact franchise business owners.