Does Itan provide guidance or advice on employment-related matters for the Salon?
Itan Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We do not control the day-today activities of your employees or the manner in which they perform their assigned tasks.
You must inform your employees that you exclusively supervise their activities and dictate the manner in which they perform their assigned tasks.
In this regard, you must use your legal business Entity name (not our Marks or a fictitious name) on employee applications, paystubs, pay checks, employment agreements and similar documents.
We do not control the hiring or firing of your employees.
You have sole authority and responsibility for all employment-related decisions, including hiring, promotion, hours worked, rates of pay, benefits, work assignments, training and working conditions.
We do not provide guidance or advice on these matters.
You must ensure each employee signs the acknowledgment form we prescribe that explains the nature of the franchise relationship and notifies the employee that you are his or her sole employer.
You must also post a conspicuous notice for employees in the back-of-house area explaining your franchise relationship with us and that you (and not we) are the employee's sole employer.
We may prescribe the form and content of this notice.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 44–190)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Itan's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Itan does not provide guidance or advice on employment-related matters. The franchisee has sole authority and responsibility for all employment-related decisions, including hiring, promotion, hours worked, rates of pay, benefits, work assignments, training, and working conditions.
Itan emphasizes that franchisees must inform their employees that the franchisee exclusively supervises their activities and dictates how they perform their tasks. Franchisees are required to use their legal business entity name, not Itan's marks or a fictitious name, on all employment-related documents such as applications, pay stubs, paychecks, and employment agreements.
To further clarify the relationship, Itan requires franchisees to ensure each employee signs an acknowledgment form explaining the franchise relationship and confirming that the franchisee is the employee's sole employer. Additionally, franchisees must post a conspicuous notice for employees in the back-of-house area, reiterating the franchise relationship and stating that the franchisee, not Itan, is the employee's sole employer. Itan may prescribe the form and content of this notice.