Published on : Thursday, August 14, 2014
The International Franchise Association (IFA) has earned the 2014 ASAE Power of A Gold Award for its Veterans Transition Franchise Program (VetFran) and Operation Enduring Opportunity (OEO) initiative. OEO is a franchise industry-wide effort to hire and recruit 80,000 …
Published on : Saturday, August 2, 2014
International Franchise Association (IFA) President & CEO Steve Caldeira, CFE, issued the statement below on President Obama’s Executive Order to effectively “blacklist” certain businesses from receiving federal contracts. “Yesterday’s Executive Order barring companies with any Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) …
Published on : Thursday, July 31, 2014
July 29-International Franchise Association President & CEO Steve Caldeira, CFE, released the below statement today expressing disappointment in the decision by the NLRB Division of Advice recommending franchisors and franchisees can be designated as joint-employers. “The NLRB’s Division of Advice …
Published on : Friday, June 27, 2014
The International Franchise Association President & CEO Steve Caldeira issued the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Noel Canning v. NLRB invalidating the President’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). “We are extremely …
Published on : Thursday, June 12, 2014
The International Franchise Association (IFA), a Washington, D.C.-based trade group, and five franchisees today filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle seeking to block Seattle’s recently enacted law to increase to the city’s minimum wage to $15 per-hour. …
Published on : Wednesday, June 11, 2014
International Franchise Association President & CEO Steve Caldeira, CFE, released the following statement today to address a U.S. Senate proposal to implement new spending programs paid for by tax increases on small business owners: “For the 80 percent of …
Published on : Saturday, April 19, 2014
The International Franchise Association’s President & CEO Steve Caldeira released the statement below following the decision by the Connecticut House Finance Committee to reject HB 5069, an Act Concerning Low Wage Employers. The bill was introduced to the Connecticut State …
Published on : Saturday, March 15, 2014
The Merchant and Financial Services Cybersecurity Partnership announced the operating structure for the group and released a video featuring Sandy Kennedy, President of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), and Governor Tim Pawlenty, President and CEO of the Financial Services …
Published on : Tuesday, January 7, 2014
The International Franchise Association President & CEO Steve Caldeira released the following statement today regarding the decision by the National Labor Relations Board not to petition the Supreme Court to review the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. …
Published on : Tuesday, January 7, 2014
The International Franchise Association is pleased to announce the New England Franchise Association (NEFA) is now an affiliate of IFA’s Franchise Business Network (FBN). NEFA supports and promotes franchising within the six New England states by bringing franchise executives, franchisees …
|
||