As franchisees address the many employment issues related to the pandemic, the question now is what to do about vaccines. When considering how best to proceed, franchisees must be familiar with the employment law issues that are implicated. We’ve chosen several to highlight here. Vaccination Relaxes Quarantine Mandate Stopping short of eliminating quarantine requirements for…
Read More »There was some legal and legislative headway made this past week on the question of business interruption protections being applicable during the pandemic. First off, the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled last week that a claim for insurance protection under business interruption coverage by a multi-state restaurant owner was valid…
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No doubt the pandemic has caused stress, financial hardship, and loss across the world. But it’s also brought attention to the good acts people perform in order to help others. Many of those thoughtful deeds took place at Dunkin’ stores across the nation. Whether it has been franchisees, employees or customers performing acts of kindness,…
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Desmond Lim is the co-founder and CEO of Workstream.us. A former restaurant operator and the first in his family to immigrate to the United State and attend college. A graduate of MIT and Harvard University, Desmond has helped hundreds of franchisees from Dunkin’ and other major brands with HR issues, recruiting, technology and software. When…
Read More »It’s beginning to look like we’ll have to wait until the Georgia runoff elections are over and decided until we see any further movement on a new COVID relief bill out of Congress. Although momentum seemed to be building over the past week or so, control of the US Senate may be getting “in the…
Read More »A couple of days ago, Starbucks was upbeat hosting its 2020 Investor Day, at which the company announced that it will be rolling out an oat milk platform in 2021. At the same time, CEO Kevin Johnson also reported that US comp sales are currently negative low mid-single digits and that they’ve softened further in…
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This presentation covers investment and tax strategies that may allow more of your capital work for you. Content will include reviewing events that might trigger personal and/or corporate tax liabilities, current tax policy and non-product specific solutions meant to mitigate those taxes. Kyle Kadish, the President of Advantage Wealth Solutions, conducts this program along…
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While the coronavirus pandemic has changed many things in our daily lives, it has not had much of a jolt on coffee consumption. In fact, our collective thirst for coffee is only expected to grow next year. For Dunkin’ franchisees, that is just the kind of reassurance they need after a uniquely challenging year and…
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Steve Catalano applies lessons learned over three decades in the Dunkin’ system After 30 years in the business, it’s safe to say that Steve Catalano knows a thing or two about donuts and Dunkin’. He started baking donuts at a Mister Donut owned by his father, Frank Catalano, at night while attending Westfield State University,…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought small business numerous challenges. We can now add another to the list: Employees filing increasing numbers of COVID-19 related lawsuits. In fact, according to the Fisher Phillips Employment Litigation Tracker, as of November 1, COVID-19 related lawsuits have been filed against 950 employers. The highest number of lawsuits were filed…
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