Does Dryject exercise control over the wages, benefits, or other compensation of a franchisee's employees?
Dryject Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You will have sole responsibility for your employees and all acts of your employees, and all employment-related decisions including wages, benefits, hours of work, scheduling, hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, record keeping, taxes and other withholdings , social security contributions, Medicare contributions, unemployment fund contributions and all other terms and conditions of employment. We do not exercise control and do not have the authority to control any of the essential terms and conditions of your employees' employment with you listed below:
(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 (7) Working conditions related to the safety and health of your employees.
You must disclose to each of your employees in writing, in a form approved by us in advance, that you are the sole employer with total control over the terms and conditions of your employee's employment and that we are not a "joint employer" for the reasons cited above..
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 26–33)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Dryject's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Dryject does not exercise control over the wages, benefits, or other compensation of a franchisee's employees. The FDD states that the franchisee is solely responsible for determining the terms and conditions of employment for their employees. This includes all decisions concerning hiring, firing, discipline, and all other aspects of labor relations and employment practices.
Specifically, Dryject does not have the authority to control essential terms and conditions of a franchisee's employees' employment. These terms include wages, benefits, and other compensation, hours of work and scheduling, assignment of duties, supervision of performance, work rules, tenure of employment including hiring and discharge, and working conditions related to safety and health.
Dryject requires that franchisees disclose to their employees in writing that the franchisee is the sole employer with total control over the terms and conditions of their employment. This disclosure must be in a form approved by Dryject in advance. The disclosure also needs to state that Dryject is not a "joint employer". This requirement emphasizes the independent nature of the franchisee's employment practices and aims to prevent any confusion about the employer-employee relationship.
This arrangement is typical in franchising, where franchisees operate as independent business owners. Franchisees have the autonomy to manage their staff and make employment-related decisions, while Dryject focuses on maintaining brand standards and providing support in other areas of the business.