Column Franchise+ – “Flashing quarrels about franchise fee must stop”
Lately, it has also hit the biggest franchise organizations in the Netherlands. For example, at the formulas of Albert Heijn, HEMA, Etos, Bruna and Olympia, considerable litigation was and is still being done between the franchisor and the franchisees. The point is always that the franchisees believe they have no or insufficient insight into the structure of the calculated franchise fee.
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Unauthorized Dispute Resolutions Within Franchise Organizations
Franchise agreements occasionally contain dispute resolutions that grant powers to the franchisee(s), the franchise council and/or a franchise association.
Fictional employment issues
A permanent point of attention in franchise relationships should at all times be the question of whether in the franchise relationship
(Im)decent behaviour
In practice, situations occur in which a franchisor is confronted with behaviour
Guarantee schemes for franchisees
Franchise agreements often stipulate that franchisees mutually guarantee guarantees for various products.
Arbitration: advantage or disadvantage?
Franchise agreements often include a dispute settlement procedure that pertains to the manner in which the parties involved in the franchise agreement deal with a possible dispute.
Franchise Board Rules
In practice, various forms of consultation circulate between franchisor and franchisee.