Caribou Coffee has entered the domestic franchise world with the opening just yesterday of its first domestic franchised location in Wooster, Ohio. The company, which has largely used non-traditional (licensed) operations for its business model with 325 company-owned units across the country. Another newer company in the coffee space, Hawaii-based Bad Ass Coffee, announced the…
Read More »We’ll let the major media talking heads comment on most of the big races and results across the country from Tuesday’s midterm elections while we highlight some of the issues and results that might be of greater concern to franchisees and other small business owners. That said, we note that once again, the results were…
Read More »It was an even split on election day for questions on keeping a tipped wage as Portland Maine voters resoundingly rejected a ballot proposal to eliminate the tipped wage and hike the minimum within the city to $18 per hour. Question D, as the initiative was known went down to defeat by a 61-39% margin.…
Read More »Some state ballots also had questions relating compensation and tax policy looming. In that regard, voters were apparently feeling generous. Initiative 433 on the Nebraska ballot was approved and provides for a $15 per hour minimum wage to be phased in over the next three years. The measure passed easily with 62% of voters in…
Read More »The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has developed and recently released its draft Strategic Plan for 2022 – 2026 and has asked for public comment. The plan, a blueprint of its proposed enforcement plan for the upcoming years, focuses on strategic objectives for the agency accompanied by targeted goals and performance measures. It underscores…
Read More »E-Verify has again sent us the agency webinar schedule to assist employers with understanding and completing the I-9 form and its requirements. The remaining November schedule of E-Verify webinars can be viewed here. In addition, they’ve also sent a reminder that an E-Verify user’s access must be promptly terminated upon separation from an organization. The…
Read More »Advocates of increasing the Ohio minimum wage refined and then resubmitted their petition to be put on the Ohio ballot. Raise the Wage Ohio had initially submitted the petition to increase the state minimum wage to $10.50 per hour in 2025 and then incrementally through 2028 at which point it would be $15 per hour.…
Read More »The Labor Department reported earlier this week that employers added 261,000 jobs in October while the unemployment rate increased to 3.7% for the month. At the same time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total number of unemployed persons rose by 360,000 to 6.1 million! And yesterday the BLS released inflation numbers for…
Read More »Today is Veterans Day and Veterans Day is the perfect time to remember that our freedom isn’t guaranteed – and our freedom isn’t free. It has been earned and protected by the brave men and women in our Armed Forces. To all of those who serve, have served and will serve, Thank You for your…
Read More »Every year since we launched Small Regular No Sugar! over a decade ago, we’ve closed the first issue in November with a plea for our subscribers to be sure to exercise their civic responsibility and vote in the general election. It always seemed to be a good patriotic paragraph with which to close the issue.…
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