Despite the fact that we will have a new President assuming office in January and before we jump into the rest of the election day updates, we again advise you to pay close attention and prepare to comply with the DOL overtime rules set to take effect on December 1. As we have reported in…
Read More »Voters in the four states that were considering minimum wage ballot initiatives this week approved all 4 measures on Tuesday. The states of Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington each will see their minimum wages rise by varying amounts on different time schedules as a result of election day approvals. Three of the four however (Arizona,…
Read More »Provisions in the ballot questions of two of the aforementioned states also mandate that private employers provide paid leave to employees under certain circumstances. Washington’s Initiative 433 (I-433) provides that beginning in 2018, employees will earn one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked. Proposition 206 in Arizona, which passed by a…
Read More »Ballot initiatives to impose additional taxes on sugary drinks went undefeated on Election Day as four more local communities (3 in California) passed the initiatives. San Francisco, along with Albany and Oakland all passed sugary drink taxes, mimicking the first-in-the-nation soda tax enshrined in Berkeley back in 2014. These measures, each of which assess an…
Read More »New Dunkin’ President David Hoffman has been making the rounds with a focus on franchisee relations. In addition, he met with analysts to discuss his first few weeks on the job. In the meeting with analysts, Hoffman cited his experience in working alongside franchisees at McD and said he already has begun working with DNKN…
Read More »The historic election of 2016 may have captured most of the news over the past several weeks, but there have been other items of note that we want to be sure you were aware of. McDonald’s seemed to be making news left & right over the past few weeks . . . first off, a…
Read More »In a deeply divided 2-1 decision, the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in Philadelphia, has ruled to certify a class action lawsuit against franchisor Jani-King of Philadelphia wherein the plaintiff franchisees contend they were wrongfully categorized as independent contractors The plaintiffs argue that the control that the franchisor exercised over their day-to-day tasks…
Read More »Today was the formal deadline for submission of comments on the proposed new Internal Revenue Service regulations curbing valuation discounts currently in place. We hope many of you submitted comments as the proposed change can be devastating to your estate plans, but know that through the Coalition of Franchisee Associations, we’ve got the issue covered. …
Read More »Last week, the US Supreme Court declined to take under review a challenge to Workers Compensation in the state of Florida. The case, an appeal on which the Florida State Supreme Court had already refused to review, was brought by a nurse injured on the job who contended that the “new” workers compensation system, put…
Read More »The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is pretty much going to let the Philadelphia soda tax take effect as scheduled on January 1, 2017 after denying a petition by the American Beverage Association among other plaintiffs for an expedited hearing. Recall that back in June of this year, the city of Philadelphia passed a tax of 1.5…
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