Under what circumstances might Expense Reduction Analysts charge a fee for training sessions or seminars?
Expense_Reduction_Analysts Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
not limited to stationary, marketing materials, programs or services, business cards, ERA email account, etc.
You and 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.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 58–215)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Expense Reduction Analysts FDD, there are several circumstances in which Expense Reduction Analysts may charge a training fee. Expense Reduction Analysts may charge a fee for training sessions and seminars when external trainers are used. Additionally, if a franchisee requests additional training or on-site assistance in writing, they may be subject to a training fee for each trainer provided, in addition to covering the costs and expenses incurred by the personnel providing the training. Expense Reduction Analysts also reserves the right to charge a training fee for any remedial training provided to the franchisee or their personnel.
Expense Reduction Analysts may also require franchisees and their management personnel to attend third-party training, for which the franchisee will be required to pay the applicable training fee and cover associated costs and expenses. Furthermore, Expense Reduction Analysts may require franchisees and their practice model consultants to attend an annual conference, for which Expense Reduction Analysts reserves the right to charge a conference fee not exceeding $1,500 per attendee, subject to CPI adjustment. 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.
Expense Reduction Analysts may also reasonably require franchisees and their designated attendees to pay a training tuition fee for attending additional or refresher training, in addition to covering any incurred expenses. However, Expense Reduction Analysts will not charge a fee if such services are provided remotely or for meetings at Expense Reduction Analysts' support centers. Understanding these potential training fees is crucial for prospective franchisees to accurately assess the financial implications of investing in an Expense Reduction Analysts franchise.