Franchise group calls for $300 billion in federal assistance | TheHill

The International Franchise Association (IFA) is asking congressional leadership for the creation of a $300 billion fund to provide liquidity to franchises struggling through the coronavirus pandemic. ...
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/488472-franchise-group-calls-for-300b-in-assistance

NLRB announces new rule making it harder to challenge franchises for labor-law violations | TheHill

A newly-introduced National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulation, set to take effect in April, would make it more difficult for workers to hold companies responsible for labor violations by individual franchises. The rule reverses an Obama-era NLRB policy that deemed companies like McDonald’s to be “joint employers” and thus responsible for franchise-level violations such as retaliatory firings for union organizing, The New York Times reported. ...
https://thehill.com/regulation/labor/484689-nlrb-announces-new-rule-making-it-harder-to-challenge-franchises-for-labor

Trump administration makes it harder for franchise employees to sue over wages | TheHill

The Department of Labor issued a rule on Sunday that makes it harder to prove that companies are responsible when individual franchise owners or contractors violate wage laws. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said in a statement that the rule responds to the president’s aim to reduce regulations that limit economic growth.....
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/478037-trump-administration-makes-it-harder-for-franchise-employees-to-sue-over-wages