Does All Team reserve the right to reject a National/Regional Account obtained by a franchisee?
All_Team Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Nothing will prohibit us and our affiliates from doing business within the Area for National/Regional Accounts. A National/Regional Account means those Temporary Service Business and Permanent Placement Business accounts, with more than one location covered by an agreement, written or oral, for services which are not located solely in the area of one franchisee. A list of our National/Regional Accounts will be found in the Manual. If you obtain an account that is considered a National/Regional Accounts, you must refer it to us and it will be treated as a National/Regional Account; however, we reserve the right to reject any such account in our sole judgment and discretion. National/Regional Accounts will be negotiated solely by us or our affiliates, even if you procure the National/Regional Account. All National/Regional Accounts will be considered our property and you will have no claim to them. As such, all National/Regional Accounts and related agreements will be negotiated, managed, and controlled solely by us even if you procure the National/Regional Account. If one or more locations of a National/Regional Account fall within your Area, we will first offer you the opportunity to provide such services on the terms and conditions that have been established with such National/Regional Account. You are not required to service a National/Regional Account and if you do not accept such offer in the manner and within the time period that we specify, we have the right to service the account ourselves, or may authorize other franchisees, licensees, or affiliate-owned agencies, to provide such services. Even if you fail to accept the job order to service a certain National/Regional Account, you may fill subsequent job orders once you have temporary staff or personnel candidates available. However, the decision to accept you as a provider of services for the National/Regional Account must ultimately rest with the National/Regional Account. All National/Regional Accounts will be billed by us, and Customer payments for National/Regional Accounts will be sent to us and we will forward these amounts to you.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 23–26)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All Team's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, All Team retains the right to reject any National/Regional Account that a franchisee obtains. A National/Regional Account is defined as a temporary service or permanent placement business account with multiple locations covered by an agreement not solely within one franchisee's area.
If an All Team franchisee obtains an account that qualifies as a National/Regional Account, they must refer it to All Team. All Team then has the sole discretion to accept or reject the account. National/Regional Accounts are negotiated exclusively by All Team, even if the franchisee initially procured the account. These accounts are considered the property of All Team, and the franchisee has no claim to them.
If a National/Regional Account has locations within a franchisee's designated area, All Team will first offer the franchisee the opportunity to service those locations under the terms established with the account. However, the franchisee is not obligated to accept this offer. If the franchisee declines, All Team can service the account themselves or authorize other franchisees, licensees, or affiliate-owned agencies to do so. Even if a franchisee initially declines to service a National/Regional Account, they may still be considered for subsequent job orders, but the final decision rests with the National/Regional Account itself. All billing and payments for National/Regional Accounts are handled directly by All Team, who will then forward the appropriate amounts to the franchisee.