If franchisors get involved in employment practices, labor unions will be better positioned to organize and negotiate collective bargaining agreements for an entire franchise system’s employees. 

A new joint-employer standard will increase the likelihood of union “corporate campaigns” against national franchisors and pressure franchisees to organize says Catherine Monson, CFE.

Yesterday the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled “Ambushed: How the NLRB’s New Election Rule Harms Employers & Employees,” to discuss a controversial new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule to

Those attacking the franchise model do not understand it, may not realize the ramifications of their approach. While the International Franchise Association, with the help of some franchisors and their franchisees, has done a tremendous job of fighting back these challenges so far, it can’t —and shouldn’t —carry the burden alone. Every franchisor and franchisee should be a part of this effort.

 During an Oct. 30 news media call, International Franchise Association Pres. and CEO Steve Caldeira, CFE, announced plans to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Labor Relations Board. The association is requesting the reasoning behind NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin’s recent recommendation that franchisors and franchisees can be considered “joint employers” in labor-practice complaints. 

Gov. Jerry Brown of California reset the bar for the consideration of state relationship laws nationwide through his veto of SB 610 in September.

The SEIU is organizing people around the theme of  “income inequality,” which the union is using to help build its numbers, increase political power and justify getting involved in minimum wage increases throughout communities, cities and states across the country.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is arguably what gives America its freedom.  The opening lines of the Bill of Rights grant all Americans the freedoms of speech, religion and assembly.  However, one often forgotten freedom granted by that amendment is the freedom “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” 

Yesterday the Health and Oversight Subcommittees on House Committee on Ways and Means conducted a hearing surrounding tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.  Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) convened the joint hearing to discuss the income verification system used to determine individuals’ eligibility for tax credits to purchase insurance, and to address reports of incorrect tax credit payments being issued and later reclaimed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 

Yesterday the House of Representatives passed Rep. Todd Young’s (R-IN) Save American Workers Act, which provides relief from one of the employer mandates most harmful rules – the new definition of a full-time worker. The passage of this bill represents the first time the House of Representatives has passed legislation designed to fix the Affordable Care Act (ACA), not repeal it.