What standards can Card My Yard prescribe to protect the goodwill associated with its Marks?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
standards that we prescribe to protect the goodwill associated with our Marks (which may include the requirement of initial and periodic drug testing and background checks). You must clearly inform all workers, before hiring and periodically thereafter, that Franchisee, and not Franchisor, is their employer and that Franchisor does not assume and will not accept any employer, co-employer, or joint employer obligations. You agree to indemnify us for any liability, cost, expense, loss or damage, including attorney's fees and costs, arising from any claim or allegation that Franchisor or any affiliate is the employer, co-employer, or joint employer of Franchisee, its owners, or any workers in the Card My Yard business.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 84–259)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Card My Yard can prescribe standards to protect the goodwill associated with its marks. These standards may include requiring initial and periodic drug testing and background checks for the franchisee's workers.
Card My Yard requires franchisees to clearly inform all workers, before hiring and periodically thereafter, that the franchisee, and not Card My Yard, is their employer. The disclosure also states that Card My Yard does not assume and will not accept any employer, co-employer, or joint employer obligations.
Furthermore, the franchisee agrees to indemnify Card My Yard for any liability, cost, expense, loss, or damage, including attorney's fees and costs, arising from any claim or allegation that Card My Yard or any affiliate is the employer, co-employer, or joint employer of the franchisee, its owners, or any workers in the Card My Yard business. This measure is in place to protect Card My Yard from potential legal and financial liabilities related to the franchisee's employees.