Under what conditions does Casiola reserve the right to require attendance at a system-wide training program?
Casiola Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
After the opening of your Casiola Business, we reserve the right to require that you (or your Managing Owner if you are a Corporate Entity) attend a system-wide training program (the "System-Wide Training Program") that we may establish in our discretion. If we establish a System-Wide Training Program, the program will be offered from our affiliate owned Casiola Business in Orlando, Florida and you will be responsible for all travel and expenses, lodging, food, automobile rental expenses, and employee wages that you incur in connection with your attendance. We will not require your attendance at a System-Wide Training Program for more than a total of five days in any calendar year.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 25–30)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Casiola's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, Casiola reserves the right to mandate that franchisees (or their Managing Owner, if the franchisee is a corporation) attend a system-wide training program after the Casiola business has opened. This System-Wide Training Program is established at Casiola's discretion.
The System-Wide Training Program will be held at the affiliate-owned Casiola Business in Orlando, Florida. Franchisees are responsible for covering all expenses related to attending the training, including travel, lodging, food, car rentals, and employee wages incurred during their attendance.
Casiola will not require franchisees to attend the System-Wide Training Program for more than five days in any calendar year. This condition provides a limit to the amount of time and expense a franchisee may incur for this additional training.