Will Expense Reduction Analysts require me to pay a training fee for required Additional Training?
Expense_Reduction_Analysts Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
training sessions and seminars. You must attend, unless prevented by circumstances beyond Your reasonable control, those training sessions and seminars that the Franchisor deems are relevant to Your Business, and You must pay Your own costs in attending such training sessions and seminars.
- (2) The Franchisor may, as it deems appropriate in its discretion, develop Additional Training, and require You and Your Practice Model Consultants to attend such courses. The Franchisor will not require You to pay its applicable Training Fee in connection with any Additional Training that the Franchisor requires under this Section 12.2, or if such services are being provided to You remotely or online, or for meetings that You are required to attend at the Franchisor's support center, but You will be responsible for the costs and expenses incurred in connection with You and Your designated personnel attending such training, which may take place at a training facility that the Franchisor designates.
- (3) The Franchisor may also provide Additional Training or other on-site assistance at Your reasonable written request, subject to: (i) the schedule and availability of the Franchisor's training personnel; and (ii) Your payment to Franchisor of the applicable Training Fee for each trainer that is provided in connection with the requested Additional Training, as well as You covering the costs and expenses that such personnel incur in providing such training. The Franchisor will provide Additional Training under this Section 12.2 as it deems appropriate in its discretion.
- (4) The Franchisor may require You to attend Remedial Training that the Franchisor reasonably determines. You and appropriate personnel must undertake such Remedial training in response to (a) the failure of You or any other required personnel to sufficiently complete the Foundational Training Program or any type of Additional Training that the Franchisor requires under Section 12.2, or (b) Your failure to operate the Business in accordance with the terms of the Agreement after the Franchisor has provided You with written notice of such failure.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 58–215)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Expense Reduction Analysts' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are generally not required to pay a training fee for mandatory Additional Training. However, franchisees are responsible for covering the costs and expenses associated with attending the training, such as travel and accommodation.
Expense Reduction Analysts may, at its discretion, develop Additional Training courses and require franchisees and their Practice Model Consultants to attend. While the franchisor will not charge a training fee for required Additional Training, this policy does not extend to requested Additional Training or Remedial Training. If a franchisee requests Additional Training, they will be required to pay the applicable Training Fee for each trainer provided, as well as cover the costs and expenses incurred by the personnel providing the training. Similarly, Expense Reduction Analysts reserves the right to charge a Training Fee for Remedial Training if it is required due to a franchisee's failure to complete the Foundational Training Program or operate the business according to the franchise agreement.
Franchisees should be aware that Expense Reduction Analysts may also require attendance at Third-Party Training, for which the franchisee will be required to pay the applicable Training Fee and cover all associated costs and expenses. Additionally, Expense Reduction Analysts may host an annual conference, and while attendance is not always mandatory, franchisees are responsible for all expenses incurred in attending, including potential conference fees up to $1,500 per attendee, subject to CPI adjustment, although the fee is waived for one new franchisee attending within their first 12 months.