Massachusetts Justice: 3-Tier Franchise Structure Doesn’t Eliminate Liability

Mealey's (November 1, 2017, 1:27 PM EDT) -- WOBURN, Mass. — A cleaning company’s three-tier franchise structure “is effectively an attempt to accomplish an end run around the Independent Contractor Statutes” and doesn’t clear the company of liability for wage violations brought by individual cleaners, a Massachusetts justice ruled Oct. 2 (Luis Thomaz Da Costa, et al. v. Vanguard Cleaning Systems, Inc., No. MICV2015-04743, Mass. Super., Middlesex Co., 2017 Mass. Super. LEXIS 158)....

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