SF0094 • 2017

Franchise business relationships.

AN ACT relating to employment; clarifying the business relationships between franchisors and franchisees and between franchisors and employees of franchisees; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Senator Driskill
Last action: 2017-03-08
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2017

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2017-03-08 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0074
2017-03-08 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-03-03 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0074
2017-03-02 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0074
2017-03-01 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0074
2017-03-01 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0
2017-02-28 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-27 House
H COW:Passed
2017-02-16 House
H Placed on General File
2017-02-16 House
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2017-02-07 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2017-02-03 House
H Received for Introduction
2017-02-03 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2017-02-02 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-01 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-01-31 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-01-31 Senate
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2017-01-17 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
2017-01-17 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-01-16 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0094
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0447

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0074

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Driskill

Catch Title:
Franchise business relationships.

Subject:
Clarifying
Who
is Not an Employee of a Franchisor
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill establishes

that
neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee is an employee of a franchisor for the purposes of the state's unemployment compensation program, worker's compensation program, or other provisions of Title 27 of the Wyoming Statutes.

This bill provides exceptions to this rule:

If the franchisor and franchisee agree otherwise in writing; and

Pursuant to
an agreement between the United States Department of Labor and a franchisee.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0094

ENROLLED ACT NO. 74,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to employment; clarifying the business relationships between franchisors and franchisees and between franchisors and employees of franchisees; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section
1
.

W.S. 27
‑
1
‑
116 is created to read:

27
‑
1
‑
116
.

Business relationship between
franchisors and franchisees
; business relations
hip
between franchisors
and employees of franchisees.

(a)

N
either a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deem
ed to be an employee of the
franchisor for any purpose
under this title
, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the franchisor and the franchisee.

(b)

This section shall not apply to a voluntary agreement entered into between the United States department of labor and a franchisee.

(
c
)

As used in this section, "franchisee" and "franchisor" have the
same definitions as set out in
16 C.F.R. 436.1.

Section 2
.

This act is effective
July 1, 2017.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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