Does Beem Light Sauna charge for mandatory training programs for franchisees or their employees?
Beem_Light_Sauna Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
satisfactorily complete our Initial Training and you do not expressly
inform us at the end of Initial Training that you feel that you or they have not been adequately trained, then you and they will be deemed to have been trained sufficiently to operate a Studio.
- 5.2 Opening Advice. Prior to opening your Studio, we will advise you as to development of Session schedules and local marketing and networking efforts.
- 5.3 Additional Training. We may periodically conduct mandatory or optional training programs for your Required Trainees and/or your employees at our office or another location that we designate. There will be no charge for training programs that we require you or your employees to attend, except as provided in Section 3.11 with respect to our initial training program and Appendix A (if any additional training fees are specified within such Appendix), but we may charge you a reasonable fee for optional training programs, which will not exceed $3,000 per attendee per program. We may provide additional training in person or via recorded media, teleconference, videoconference, the Internet, webinar, or any other means, as we determine. We may require your Required Trainees or employees to satisfactorily complete any additional training programs that we specify. We may require your Required Trainees to participate in up to five days of refresher or advanced training in each year of the Term.
- 5.4 Remedial Training. If, in our sole judgment, you fail to maintain the quality and service standards set forth in the Manuals, we may, in addition to all of our other rights and remedies, assign trainers to the Studio to retrain Studio employees and restore se
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 71–230)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beem Light Sauna FDD, there is no charge for mandatory training programs for franchisees or their employees, with exceptions for the initial training program and any additional training fees specified in Appendix A. Beem Light Sauna may charge a reasonable fee, not exceeding $3,000 per attendee per program, for optional training programs.
Beem Light Sauna may conduct mandatory or optional training programs for franchisees and their employees at their office or another designated location. This additional training may be provided in person or via recorded media, teleconference, videoconference, the Internet, webinar, or any other means determined by Beem Light Sauna. Franchisees and their employees may be required to satisfactorily complete any additional training programs specified by Beem Light Sauna. Required trainees may also be required to participate in up to five days of refresher or advanced training each year of the franchise term.
If a franchisee fails to maintain the quality and service standards, Beem Light Sauna may assign trainers to the studio to retrain employees and restore service levels, or require the franchisee or their employees to repeat initial training or attend additional training programs. In such cases, Beem Light Sauna may charge a fee of up to $1,000 per trainer per day for each trainer assigned to the studio and any remedial training. The franchisee's required trainees are responsible for training all other employees, including subsequent designated managers, according to Beem Light Sauna's standards and training programs.