Little Agreement As State Considers Franchise Rules

Boston Globe:

The state’s franchise industry is coming under scrutiny on Beacon Hill as lawmakers consider two bills that would further regulate franchise agreements and more clearly define the relationship between local franchise owners and their parent companies.

The bills, which will be the subject of legislative hearings today, have implications for the state’s nearly 14,000 franchise businesses and the 150,000 people who work at them. A franchise is an independently owned business that has been granted a license to market a company’s goods or services. Read more.

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