What agreement regarding confidential information must the franchisee and manager agree to for All Team?
All_Team Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
O PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF YOUR BUSINESS**
We require you to participate directly in the operation and management of your Agency. You and a trained and competent employee acting as a full-time manager must supervise your Agency at all times. You and your manager must complete our Initial Training Program and must agree to maintain the confidentiality of our confidential information to the same extent as you have.
If you are a partnership, limited liability corporation or a corporation, you must designate an operating partner, member or shareholder who, throughout the term of the Franchise Agreement will successfully complete the Initial Training Program and devote full working time and best efforts in the dayto-day operations of your Agency and keep free from conflicting enterprises or any other activities which would be detrimental to or interfere with your Agency.
You must require the designated manager and your key employees (i.e. staffing manager, sales manager, office manager) to execute a Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement in a form acceptable to us relating to trade secrets and non-competition.
If you are a corporate entity or limited liability company, all shareholders or members and their spouses will sign our standard form Guaranty and Assumption of Obligations, which is attached to the Franchise Agreement. This Guaranty and Assumption of Obligations provides that each individual who signs is assuming and agreeing to discharge all obligations of the "Franchisee" under the Franchise Agreement.
ITEM 16. RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL
The Franchise Agreement states that you are to provide all the services required by us. However, as explained in Item 1 above, you may begin operating your Agency by providing Temporary Service Business. You will have 4 months after you sign the Franchise Agreement until you must be providing the Placement Service Business. Furthermore, you are prohibited from offering or selling any services or any products not authorized by us. We reserve the right to change the types of services and products which you will be required to offer. There are no limits on our right to do so.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION OF THE FRANCHISEE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF YOUR BUSINESS (FDD pages 27–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All Team's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, both the franchisee and their manager must agree to maintain the confidentiality of All Team's confidential information to the same extent as the franchisee. Additionally, the franchisee must ensure that the designated manager and key employees, such as the staffing manager, sales manager, and office manager, execute a Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement in a form acceptable to All Team. This agreement relates to trade secrets and non-competition.
All Team's confidential information includes data concerning products, services, standards, procedures, techniques, sales information, profit margins, marketing procedures, expansion plans, clients, rates, fees, terms, customer lists, sales and promotional information, employee lists, and financial information. This also extends to any other information that All Team designates as confidential, unless such information is generally known and in the public domain, and except to the extent necessary to operate the Agency.
The franchisee and all employees are expected to exercise the highest degree of diligence to maintain the absolute confidentiality of all confidential information, trade secrets, and proprietary rights both during and after the term of the Franchise Agreement. This obligation underscores the importance All Team places on protecting its proprietary information and maintaining a competitive edge.