Bill Burris, owner of Rent Your Boxes in Washington, D.C., a franchise that rents and delivers heavy-duty moving boxes, got the bad news in an e-mail. It was March, 2010, when Burris found out that ...

Q: I was explaining my host agency setup to another attorney, and she told me that my agency's relationship with my independent contractors is a franchise. As such, it has to comply with the federal ...

Q: I am thinking of expanding my agency's independent-contractor program by adding experienced and possibly even inexperienced agents in my area and perhaps nationwide. Will such a program make me a ...

Phill Holland, founder of MOBI, explains the benefits and drawbacks of becoming a franchiser, noting the advantage of being removed from problems like worker's compensation insurance, and also the ...

Generally speaking, a franchise has a better chance of success than a traditional business. But some franchise owners, or franchisees, decide their franchise business is not working as they would like ...

The legal obligations that a franchiser and franchisee have to each other are spelled out in the franchise agreement. For a business relationship to work, both sides need to understand their basic ...

Ohio has amended state employment law to limit when a franchiser is considered a joint employer, effective March 20. Ohio joins at least 18 other states that have enacted joint employer shield laws ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --The franchiser that operates Domino's Pizza locations in Russia indicated Monday it is closing all of its outlets in the country, following other U.S.-based brands such as McDonald's ...

Home Franchise Concepts promoted Faisal Khan to chief information officer, a new position;. He’d been vice president of technology at the Irvine-based franchiser of homecare services. HFC ...

A Gold’s Gym fitness center in northern Colorado Springs, shuttered this week because its operator owed more than $1 million on its lease, could reopen soon after Gold’s Gym International said it’s ...