Are Burneys Sweets More employees required to sign confidentiality agreements?
Burneys_Sweets_More Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The Brand Standards Manual contains mandatory and suggested specifications, standards, and procedures, which are confidential and remain our property. Your employees are to see them only on a need to know basis, subject to confidentiality agreements. Anyone who attends any training session will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement in the form we designate. We may modify this material from time to time and its modified terms are binding on you. The Brand Standards Manual currently contains a total of 58 pages. (Franchise Agreement Section 11(i).)
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Burneys Sweets More FDD, employees are required to sign confidentiality agreements under certain conditions. Specifically, employees are to see the Brand Standards Manual, which contains mandatory and suggested specifications, standards, and procedures, only on a need-to-know basis. Access to this manual is subject to confidentiality agreements.
Furthermore, anyone attending a Burneys Sweets More training session will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement in a form designated by Burneys Sweets More. The Brand Standards Manual contains a total of 58 pages and may be modified from time to time, with the modified terms being binding on the franchisee.
This means that as a Burneys Sweets More franchisee, you must ensure your employees who access the Brand Standards Manual or attend training sessions sign confidentiality agreements. This protects Burneys Sweets More's confidential information and trade secrets, and failure to enforce these agreements could have legal and financial repercussions for the franchisee.