What employment-related liabilities is the Bb.Q Chicken franchisee solely responsible for paying?
Bb_Q_Chicken Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You alone hire each of your employees; sets their schedules; establishes their compensation rates; and, pays all salaries, benefits and employment-related liabilities (workers' compensation insurance premiums/payroll taxes/Social Security contributions/ /unemployment insurance premiums).
You alone have the ability to discipline or terminate your employees to the exclusion of us, which has no such authority or ability.
We have no authority to control, either directly or indirectly, the essential terms and conditions of employment of your employees.
You acknowledge and agree that you, in your sole and absolute discretion, shall determine all such essential terms and conditions of employment, which are defined in the Manual or otherwise defined by law.
Franchisee specifically agrees that any training Franchisor provides for Franchisee's employees is geared to impart to those employees, with Franchisee's ultimate authority, the various procedures, protocols, systems, and operations of a bb.q Chicken.
Franchise and in no fashion reflects any employment relationship between Franchisor and such employees.
Finally, should it ever be asserted that we are the employer, joint employer or co-employer of any of your employees in any private or government investigation, action, proceeding, arbitration or other setting, you irrevocably agree to assist us in defending said allegation, including (if necessary) appearing at any venue requested by us to testify on our behalf (and, as may be necessary, submitting itself to depositions, other appearances and/or preparing affidavits dismissive of any allegation that we are the employer, joint employer or co-employer of any of your employees).
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 62–283)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bb.Q Chicken's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is considered the sole and exclusive employer of their employees and is therefore responsible for all employment-related liabilities. This means Bb.Q Chicken franchisees, not the franchisor, are in charge of all aspects of employment.
The Bb.Q Chicken franchisee is responsible for hiring employees, setting their work schedules, determining compensation rates, and handling any disciplinary actions or terminations. Bb.Q Chicken franchisees must pay all salaries, benefits, and employment-related liabilities. These liabilities specifically include workers' compensation insurance premiums, payroll taxes, Social Security contributions, and unemployment insurance premiums.
This arrangement means that Bb.Q Chicken franchisees have significant control over their staff but also bear the full financial and legal responsibility for them. Franchisees must ensure they comply with all applicable employment laws and regulations. Additionally, the franchisee agrees to defend Bb.Q Chicken from any claims asserting that Bb.Q Chicken is an employer, joint employer, or co-employer of the franchisee's employees.