As a member of the Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA), DDIFO participated in the inaugural CFA Day Forum 2009, in Washington DC, February 10th and 11th. Franchisee associations meeting in our nations’ capital as a collective group marks a historic event for the entire franchise community. The mission of the CFA is: “to leverage the collective…
Read More »In the 110th Congress, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced the Healthy Families Act (HFA). HFA requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to provide a minimum of seven days of paid sick leave per year to employees…
Read More »The Arbitration Fairness Act, which bans binding mandatory arbitration clauses from consumer, employment, and franchise contracts, was reintroduced in the House last week. Rep. Hank Johnson, the original sponsor of the bill, was joined by 36 other House members and will likely get more support in the coming months. Arbitration is a form of alternative…
Read More »For years, retailers and merchants have been waging a quiet war with the financial industry over “interchange fees” — the hidden costs of processing credit and debit card transactions that can wipe out a store’s profits while earning banks a pretty penny. Last year Congress stepped into the fracas with legislation that would enable merchants…
Read More »Both sides of the Card Check (Employee Free Choice Act) debate have taken to the airwaves to make their point: Watch a couple of the commercials here! Those in support of the act: For those opposed: The Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) and the International Franchise Association (IFA) have both come out against Card Check! Visit…
Read More »There has much written and said about the Employee Free Choice Act (Card Check) both sides do agree on one thing, if this legislation passes it will be a game changer for your business. Currently the preferred method for determining whether or not employees want a union to represent them is through a private-ballot election…
Read More »So are the stimulus bills circulating on Capitol Hill good for small business? Well, yeah. Hundreds of billions of dollars in new government spending will reach small firms, either directly in federal contracts or indirectly as this money makes its way through the economy. Moreover, there are specific tax credits and treatments for investment in…
Read More »The Inaugural Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) Day Forum will be held February 10-11, 2009 just steps away from the halls of Congress at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
Read More »“Card-check” would make it easier for unions to organize, but critics say it is undemocratic. John Almaier, a dealer and supervisor at Bally’s in Atlantic City, and his colleagues thought they were following procedure when they voted in June 2007 to join the United Auto Workers union. They contacted the UAW to represent them. The…
Read More »A wage discrimination bill that heralds the pro-labor policies of the Democratic-controlled Congress and White House cleared the Senate yesterday and could be on President Obama’s desk within days. The legislation reverses a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that narrowly defines the time period during which a worker can file a claim of wage discrimination, even…
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