Dunkin' Donuts Independent Franchisee Association helped a health care cost amendment become a law in Massachusetts which aims to curb medical costs.
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick on Monday, August 6, signed a health care cost amendment into law that the Dunkin' Donuts Independent Franchisee Association supported, along with the National Federation of Independent Business, the New England Convenience Store Association and the Restaurant and Business Alliance, according to the Boston Herald.
Massachusetts' health care was business friendly for franchises as franchisees were penalized for staff who did not want to be covered by the franchisee insurance plan, but instead chose to be insured by their parents' or their spouse's insurance.
As a result of, Massachusetts small businesses with 12 or more employees were fined $295 per year per full-time employee or equivalent who wasn't covered.
"Paying for insurance and paying for a penalty is not fair. The penalties to me seem needless. They don't modify my behavior one bit. They just cost extra money that I could put into expansion," said Robert Branca, chairman at Dunkin' Donuts Franchise Owners Mass PAC.
Franchise owners and small business retailers successfully argued that the health care formula needed to be amended to eliminate the penalty.
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