Does Chesters dictate or control labor or employment matters for licensees and their employees?
Chesters Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
[Item 23: **RECEIPTS]
We and you agree that any materials, guidance, or assistance that we provide with respect to employment-related policies or procedures, whether in the Manuals or otherwise, are solely for your optional use.
Those materials do not form part of the mandatory operational standards.
You will determine to what extent, if any, these materials, guidance, or assistance should apply to your employees.
You acknowledge that we do not dictate or control labor or employment matters for licensees and their employees.
You are solely responsible for determining the terms and conditions of employment for all of your employees, for all decisions concerning the hiring, firing and discipline of your employees, and for all other aspects of your Restaurant's labor relations and employment practices.
We and you are not joint employers of your employees and other personnel.
We do not and will not share or codetermine any of your employees' essential terms and conditions of employment.
More specifically, in no case do we have any authority to determine or set your employees': (1) wages, benefits, and other compensation; (2) hours of work and scheduling; (3) the assignment of duties to be performed; (4) the supervision of the performance of duties; (5) work rules and directions governing the manner, means, and methods of the performance of duties and the grounds for discipline; (6) the tenure of employment, including hiring and discharge; and/or (7) working conditions related to the safety and health of employees.
You alone have sole authority to determine any or all your employees' essential terms and conditions of employment.
Competitive Business.
Source: Item 23 — **RECEIPTS (FDD pages 48–197)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Chesters' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Chesters does not dictate or control labor or employment matters for licensees and their employees. The FDD states that any employment-related materials, guidance, or assistance Chesters provides are for the franchisee's optional use and do not form part of the mandatory operational standards. Franchisees determine the extent to which these materials apply to their employees.
The franchisee is solely responsible for determining the terms and conditions of employment for all employees, including hiring, firing, discipline, and all other aspects of labor relations and employment practices. Chesters and the franchisee are not considered joint employers, and Chesters does not share or co-determine any of the employees' essential terms and conditions of employment.
Specifically, Chesters has no authority to determine or set employee wages, benefits, hours, work schedules, job assignments, supervision, work rules, grounds for discipline, tenure of employment (including hiring and discharge), or working conditions related to safety and health. The franchisee alone has the sole authority to determine these essential terms and conditions of employment.