The California state senate is closing in on final consideration of AB-5, which will codify the Dynamex decision of the California Supreme Court. That decision, rendered in early 2018, established the “ABC Test” for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor as opposed to the historically-accepted Economic Realities Test. Whereas the…
Read More »The New York State Liquor Authority (NYSLA) is entertaining a new regulation that would prohibit restaurant establishments with liquor licenses from paying more than 10% for third-party deliveries. Note that under the pending regulation, the third-party service would not be restricted from charging whatever fee they believed the market would bear, rather the prohibition is…
Read More »Dunkin’ announced its line-up of franchisee award recipients earlier this week and we want to recognize and congratulate those who will be honored late next month at the Dunkin’ Brands Franchise Award dinner in Boston. Congratulations to Dunkin’ Franchisee of the Year Eric Eskander and Cadete Enterprises. (John Cadete is also a DDIFO Hall of…
Read More »Some elected officials seem hell-bent on stifling economic growth wherever they may find it, and the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota is just the most recent example. The Minneapolis city council adopted a complete ban on new drive-thru construction two weeks ago, although in reality the city had already banned new drive-thru windows in 15 of…
Read More »The Arizona legislature has made it clear to local cities and towns in the Grand Canyon State that the state will set minimum wages and won’t look kindly upon local communities trying to set their own. According to a new law that takes effect next week (on August 27), the state must calculate the cost…
Read More »We want to be sure you’ve taken a look at the full agenda for the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference and that you noticed Dunkin’ CFO Kate Jaspon will be one of the presenters on the The CFO Forum panel; Nicole Miller Regan of Piper Jaffrey, a panelist at the DDIFO National Conference in New…
Read More »Early bird pricing is still available for Dunkin’ franchise owners to attend the 2019 DDIFO National Conference at Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut on October 28 & 29, 2019. Madyson Smith, Account Manager at SMG and Nicole Wright, SMG Director of Client Services will pair up and present “Diving Deeper into the GSS and…
Read More »Senate Finance Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) this week released reports from 3 of 6 task forces established to review and advise on the tax extenders issue. Grassley and ranking minority member Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) are hoping for solutions on which of the tax breaks should be consolidated, made permanent or rejected. It is expected…
Read More »The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week published a proposed rulemaking that will revamp the agency rules regarding union representation elections. The first proposed rulemaking in an expected series of changes will reshape the current “blocking charge” which allows unions to stop decertification votes by alleging election interference. Under the NLRB proposal, decertification votes…
Read More »Speaking of proposed rulemakings, the Department of Labor got in the game this week as well with two different issues. First, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within the White House has begun its review of the DOL’s proposed final rule on drug testing. As drafted, the rule will allow states to drug-test unemployment…
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