The employee separation process should be handled with extreme care to ensure compliance with federal and state notices and final pay requirements.

Demonstrating your value to a community by discussing industry-specific topics provides potential customers a sense of security when they seek out your business or products.

This is a feel-good story about the emergence of the “benevolent business leader” and social entrepreneurship, a fast-growing movement that is showing up for brands with a mission, to not only find the opportunity for growth, but also those seeking to fill a charitable-shaped hole that completes their story.

How making changes over time can maximize efficiencies and brand development without shocking the entire system.

Compliance issues in a franchise system tend to have a snowball effect — it can start with something fairly minor like not attending convention, but it doesn’t take long before the infractions get bigger. And, if the franchisor looks the other way, eventually it will be enforcing only compliance on royalty payments.

Having a strong culture of transparency is critical for the long-term success of your franchisees and your system as a whole. Franchisees can easily get distracted as their business grows, which will ultimately stall their growth. Being 100 percent transparent as an organization will keep you and your franchisees laser-focused on things that really matter. Here’s how.

Certainly, validation and multi-unit ownership are strong indicators that positively memorable experiences exist within your franchise system. 

Consider these steps to address your record retention concerns. Employers are required to maintain numerous employee records to comply with federal, state, and local laws. Proper recordkeeping practices can also help to administer human resources policies and practices with greater efficiency.

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2014 – Two separate reports by respected economic consulting firms project that franchising is poised to grow significantly in 2014.



FRANdata, which has been analyzing franchising activity for more than 25 years, reports that

Carlton Curtis, vice president, industry affairs of Coca-Cola Foodservice, is the current chairman of the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation’s Diversity Institute and a member IFA’s board of directors.