On the subject of giving back and helping others, we congratulate longtime DDIFO member Ed Wolak, founder of the Wolak Group which owns some 85 Dunkin’ shops, on the launch of his employee college scholarship program in conjunction with College for America at Southern New Hampshire University. The new program will offer 25 employees the…
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The 2014 enrollment period from the mandates of the Affordable Care Act expires in another week on March 31. With a few weeks to go, the Obama Administration was claiming that 4.2 million Americans had signed up through the online marketplace, far fewer than the 7 million signup goal of the administration. HHS still does…
Read More »As we’ve advised in the past, the 15 year depreciation schedule expired with the New Year, notwithstanding an extensive lobbying effort to extend it. That effort may now be paying some dividends as a new bill has formally been introduced in Congress by a bipartisan group of four Congressmen. HR 4212, known as the “Restaurant…
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According to human resource and employee relations firms, the President’s Executive Order signed last week could increase the overtime threshold to as much as $52,000 per year – meaning that anyone not guaranteed that much in their salary would be entitled to overtime pay. In one of its client alerts, HR Consultant Sesco Management, advised…
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Any members who aren’t too worried about whether or how the President’s overtime order should pay special attention to the fact that McDonalds was sued this week by a number of employees in California, Michigan and New York. The class action lawsuits filed in both federal and state courts claimed that the “Golden Arches” were…
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There may be hope for us yet as the liberal bastion of Amherst, Massachusetts, officially voted down a proposal to establish a local minimum wage of $15/hour at its Town Meeting 2 nights ago. The proposal, initiated by a UMass student, would have cost the town itself (which is home to several colleges in addition…
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Investment Advisory firm Regent Atlantic this week released a white paper showing that New Jersey, with the highest property tax burden in the nation was losing wealthy residents because of that tax burden, to Pennsylvania and Florida. That news may not come as a surprise to wealthy residents of the Garden State, but the state’s…
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Back when fair franchising legislation was first introduced in the Maine Legislature, Bill Buckley, the President of Coffee News which is headquartered in Bangor, Maine, was out front and very vocal in his opposition, even going so far as to allege it could end franchising in Maine. Well, this week, Buckley was again in the…
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In light of the growing issues surrounding employment law issues in various states around the footprint, it is timely that DDIFO’s next two meetings will be held in New Jersey and Illinois. Presentations at both will involve employment issues in the two respective states. The New Jersey meeting, at the Doubletree Hotel Newark Airport, will…
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The newly renamed Keurig Green Mountain announced this week that they were joining the S&P 500 Index. They also announced that they have reworked their agreement with Starbucks whereby they will expand Starbucks range of K-cups. In exchange, Starbucks will receive more favorable terms. Tim Hortons announced this week that in an effort to boost…
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