By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:28:11 +0000

“[I]f the franchise owner becomes liable for everything regarding employees, they are likely to seize control of everything as well. If they have control of everything, there is no point in franchising.” This language is at odds with your support of the decision. While it’s clearly a win for big business — McDonald’s, et al — it’s by no means a win for the small business owners, the franchisees, who lose the backing of Corporate in their employment disputes. And, it’s — obviously — a loss for their employees.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 20:04:59 +0000

Franchisees are small business owners (some of whom have multi-million dollar investments) but have to maintain the policies of the company brand they are working with, to ensure that customers receive both the same product and service at every location. McDonald’s doesn’t do the actual day-to-day hiring for the employees, but it does have a set of rules on types of customer service and food handling, which cannot be deviated from. Okay in some locations there are products allowed but they have been approved via the corporate from the franchise owner, which makes that an approved change.
As far as to pay for the labor wage, that all depends on the geographic location. That $15/hour wage cannot be a companywide mandate outside of the US and even there in the USA, McDonald’s knows that different areas have a different cost of living, which would have a major impact on operating costs for each unit. To accommodate the pay increase, hours of staffing and the number of people staffed would decrease. Unionizing would only help in potential benefits received, nothing would guarantee more minimum hours within the labor laws in place. Suing the main company is only going to make McDonald’s put down tighter regulations on the franchisees.

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