New Federal Overtime Rule is Here! 10 Steps Employers Can Take Now to Prepare for $59k Salary Floor
Millions of additional workers will soon be eligible for overtime pay thanks to the Labor Department’s new salary threshold for certain exempt employees – which raises the rate higher than ... Read More →
2024 AAFD Franchisee Leadership Summit Survey Results
We are pleased to share the Franchisee Leadership Summit survey results that we recently conducted. Your participation was invaluable in providing us with insightful feedback about our speakers, content, and ... Read More →
Legislative update: California Bill – SB919
California State Senator Tom Umberg has introduced Senate Bill 919 which would require the registration of franchise sellers. The bill would also allow franchisees to sue the franchise seller if ... Read More →
CPR by Assurant Contracts: What the Franchise World Can Learn
Leveraging the success of an established brand can be a great way to start a business. But before committing to a franchise agreement, it is important to carefully consider ... Read More →
AAFD Celebrates Total Quality Franchising Award Recipients for 2024
Theresa Leets, Samuel A.A. Levine, CK Patel, and Howard Bundy Recognized For their Contributions to Franchising May 2024, ENFIELD, CT - The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers hosted ... Read More →
2024 Robert L. Purvin Jr. Legacy Award to Howard Bundy
Recipient Honored at AAFD Total Quality Franchising® Awards Banquet May 2024, ENFIELD, CT – The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD), a national trade association advocating for franchisees and ... Read More →
Theresa Leets & Sam Levine Received the AAFD Chairman’s Award at 2024 Total Quality Franchising Awards Banquet
May 2024, ENFIELD, CT -- The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) honored Theresa Leets, Assistant Legal Counsel, Legal Division, for the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ... Read More →
A Message from AAFD Trustees
We are looking forward to your participation at the 2024 AAFD Franchisee Leadership Summit. In a national climate in which the very concept of collaboration seems to be vanishing from ... Read More →
C.K. Patel to be honored with the AAFD’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
AAFD has announced Chandrakant I. "CK" Patel, past Chair of the Asian American Hotels Owners Association (AAHOA) is this year’s recipient of the AAFD’s Total Quality Franchising Award for Lifetime ... Read More →
Line-X Franchisees Chapter of the AAFD announce mass exit on allegations of unacceptable material system changes
We are linking a recent article from Franchise Times regarding the long building decision of our Line-X franchisees’ chapter of the AAFD to exit the Line-X system en masse. Line-X ... Read More →
