Episode 130: Franchise Business Model Under Assault in California

The California legislation that would codify the Dynamex and classify millions of independent contractors as employees is lurching toward the finish line and it may run over the franchise business model in the process. Jeff Hanscom, Vice President of State Government Relations & Public Policy at the International Franchise Association drops by the podcast to get us up to speed. And the unions had another big week. A new Gallup poll suggests public support for unions is at a 50-year high and the labor community opened up a new front in their war of QSRs - now they’re targeting businesses operating at highway rest areas. We’ll kick that around and discuss the impact to the industry. And a national publication does a cover story on the state of the industry - but it feels like more of a drive by hatchet job. We’ll talk about those stories and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.