Elizabeth Gore-Jones will be presenting at the Legalwise Seminars "Franchise Law: Compliance, Enforcement and Disputes Under the Code" seminar tomorrow in Brisbane. In a retail environment constantly changing as a result of technological advances in e-commerce, the franchisor and franchisee relationship can and should flourish. Elizabeth's presentation "Online Impacts on the Franchisor-Franchisee Model" will examine some of the challenges both franchisors an...

A group of Pizza Hut franchisees have launched a class action against the franchisor's discounted pricing strategy introduced by the franchisor to compete with competitors. The franchisees claim they are being financially disadvantaged because of the pricing strategy and reports are they are seeking damages to cover the profits they have lost since the discounted price strategy was introduced. The discontent between the parties shows how the interests of franchisees and franchi...

In a recent case the Fair Work Ombudsman has found that a Daiso Australia franchisee has underpaid workers on more than one occasion. This kind of behaviour can tarnish the reputation of a franchise system.  Especially, as in this case, where the franchisee has been required to place an advertisement in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper explaining what it has done and promising not to do it again. The franchise agreement should require the franchisee to, amongst other things,...