Who is responsible for the costs of attending Expense Reduction Analysts training sessions and seminars?
Expense_Reduction_Analysts Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Your Practice Model Consultants must also undergo and complete the Franchisor's coaching and mentoring program, if offered by Franchisor, as specified in the ERA Manuals.
12.2 Further Training
- (1) From time to time, the Franchisor may provide training sessions and/or seminars for members of the ERA Network. Where external trainers are used, the Franchisor may charge a fee for providing such 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.
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 responsible for covering their own costs to attend required training sessions and seminars. This includes Foundational Training, Additional Training, Remedial Training, and Third-Party Training. Franchisees must also cover the costs for their Practice Model Consultants or Back Office Personnel to attend training. These costs typically include travel and accommodation.
Specifically, the franchisee is responsible for expenses incurred while attending the annual conference, including travel, hotel costs, food, and employee wages. Expense Reduction Analysts may require the franchisee to pay a conference fee (up to $1,500, subject to CPI adjustment) prior to attending. However, for new franchisees attending a conference in their first 12 months, Expense Reduction Analysts will cover the fee for one person attending the conference.
There are some exceptions where Expense Reduction Analysts covers the Training Fee, such as for Additional Training provided remotely or online, or for meetings at the Franchisor's support center. However, even in these cases, the franchisee is still responsible for the costs and expenses incurred by their personnel attending the training. In the case of Remedial Training, the franchisee must cover the costs and expenses incurred by Expense Reduction Analysts and its personnel in providing such training.
This means that prospective Expense Reduction Analysts franchisees need to factor in potentially significant and recurring expenses for travel, lodging, and wages related to training when evaluating the financial feasibility of the franchise. Franchisees should inquire about the frequency, location, and estimated costs of all required and recommended training programs to accurately budget for these ongoing expenses.