Who is responsible for paying wages and compensation to personnel attending Healthsource Chiropractic training programs?
Healthsource_Chiropractic Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Also, all employees hired by you after the opening of the Franchise must attend our Initial Training and you must pay all their travel, lodging, meal, transportation and personal expenses in the event we do not offer the Initial Training virtually in the future and instead require in-person attendance. If we offer any such mandatory additional training programs, then you or your designated personnel must attend a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the programs offered on an annual basis. In addition, you are required to attend one-hundred (100%) of our annual conference, a training program that we conduct once per year. The location of the annual conference will be determined by us. Your attendance at the annual conference is mandatory. Required attendees of the annual conference include: each principal owner of the Franchised Business, your General Manager and if you use a professional corporation to service your patients, any chiropractor employed by the professional corporation. You will be solely responsible for the wages and travel, lo
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 77–282)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Healthsource Chiropractic's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisee is responsible for the wages and travel expenses of their personnel when attending training programs. Specifically, all employees hired after the franchise opens must attend the Initial Training, and the franchisee must cover all their travel, lodging, meal, transportation, and personal expenses if the Initial Training is not offered virtually and requires in-person attendance.
Healthsource Chiropractic also mandates attendance at an annual conference for each principal owner of the Franchised Business, the General Manager, and any chiropractor employed by a professional corporation servicing patients. The franchisee is solely responsible for the wages and travel costs associated with these attendees.
This means that as a Healthsource Chiropractic franchisee, you must budget not only for the direct costs of training new employees, such as enrollment fees (if any), but also for the indirect costs of their time and travel. This could represent a significant ongoing expense, especially if turnover is high or if the annual conference is held in a location that requires substantial travel. It is important to factor these costs into your financial projections and business plan.