But managers answer to the same person. - the same Area Coach and Regional Director. The same Regional Director that fired me decided to keep the other managers. It's not as though we had separate "bosses" and my boss happened to fire me. We all had the same boss. We just each operated a different restaurant.A franchise, by definition is a separately owned and operated business. A franchise is responsible for its own hiring and firing. There are certain rules that a franchise must follow in order to have consistancy within a chain, and perhaps corporate employees can make recommendations, but still, its up to the owner of each franchise to determine whether or not they will fire any particular employee. So, just because your employer chose to fire you for a failed inspection, does not require the owners of any other franchises to fire any of their employees for failed inspections.
Agghg.. I'm sorry. I'm trying to explain it the best I can. I can't afford legal counsel, but am trying to figure this out before submitting a rebuttal.
I might try a new thread inquiring solely on franchisee classification and not go through in the age discrimination questions.
Thank you for your response and help!