Jani King DON'T FALL FOR THEIR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT! IT'S SLAVERY! Halifax Nova Scotia

Four months after being unceremoniously dumped from my so called franchise without so much as one written word stated by the Master Franchise against my work (yes, they do that! Something to consider before being lured in to signing a contract.) the nightmare is drawing to a close. The Government of Canada has determined by investigation that Jani King will be forced to make remittances on behalf of ALL employees INCLUDING MYSELF for the months of July/07, August/07 and midway into Sept/07!!!

And no, they don't like it. Not a complete victory on this front however. I'm stuck with the remittances due for mid Sept-jan/08 (first week) including the remittances I say those bastards pocketed. But they sure didn't see that coming! Richard Boyd sneared at me at the beginning of this ugly process: "I don't know what you think you're going to get.". People who have been burned by Jani King (and who are burning currently) need to unite and seek restitution and force Jani King to live up to their mostly valueless sales pitches and be upfront as to the true economics in owning these moneypit franchises. Why is Jani King the "#1 Franchise" house in north america?...because that statistic only takes into account the piles of money raked in by the Master Franchises! It does not include the thousands and thousands of failed franchises these liars are peddling. DON'T BE FOOLED & FIGHT BACK! God Bless this site.

Because I worked slightly into the new year officially there is still one last dealer day left (Feb 15, 08) reguarding any accounting I have left with these people. Further to my conversation with Richard Boyd this morning, we spoke again towards 4pm reguarding monies owed me & their failure/refusal to release that money. Richard insisted the cheque would not be released unless I signed a "release disolving" me from Jani King. I asked if this was the same paperwork I refused to sign last month and he stated it was (Already knew that...it's a waver absolving them from debt).

I asked for a copy to be sent. He refused. I asked if it was contractually stipulated that I come into that office and sign what he referred to as a release prior to recieving monies owed me by Jani King. He stated that it was standard proceedure but refused to answer the question which I repeated. When he refused to answer again I asked for a letter to be sent from Jani King to me instructing me to go sign a release for them prior to recieving the money owed. He refused to do that. I repeated my request stating no such condition exists in my contract and if such a condition exists, I want that in writing. His response was to hang up.

Please, if anyone in Canada is pursuing as a unified group action against these people, please let me know.

Richard Boyd from Jani King called first thing this morning to say that there was a cheque for just over $700 ready to be issued (That number is far lower than what they actually owe and lower than the amout by about $1000 than they had previously stated). Here's the catch... to get the cheque, I must sign the disclaimers absolving Jani King of the debt they certainly do owe for failing to file remuittances while in full contol of the money and how it was dispersed. The amount of money they did offer with provisions today would constitiute my first and only dealer day working with Jani King and as such, the money would go towards remittances.

I refused to sign the disclaimers last month and I refused to sign them today. Richard told me that I had to come in for a meeting to discuss that & again I refused as I do not work for them anymore and have no obligation to meet with them. Richard Boyd then refused to issue the $700+ cheque to me. I refused to sign again and ended the call The money they offered today provisionally wouldn't even take into account the more than 100+ hours I worked for them on an hourly wage into Jan 08! That sum has already gone into their pockets along with every dime they have been in full control of without making allowances for remittances.

They have stolen from me, they have stolen from the other employees who worked those spaces and they have stolen from the agencies they were and are obligued to pay through payroll remittances. Every dime has gone into their pockets save some wages to employees and a payment towards Workers Comp. Please reconsider working with this corrupt company! Please don't let them take advantage of your trust & inexperience!

So a rep from Jani King told me that their calculations indicated that I was owed $1700.00 approximately for my one and only dealer day payable on Jan 15/08 but begged off actually issuing a cheque in that or any amount because one of the leases failed to pay. He said when the one client paid the money owed they would write a cheque and come in for a meeting...claimed I had to go for another meeting! Amazing, the nerve of these people!

So, I'm thinking, OK, this is what they are willing to fork over on my first dealer day, I know what percentage needs to go towards CCP, EI, etc. This will be paid, at least. But no cheque was ever written! No cheque was issued to me! I wasn't surprised at all, truthfully, not even when I called this morning and nobody in the office would even acknowledge even that they owed a DIME! Mind you, I still hadn't seen a dime for the more than 108 hours I put in prior pay to Jan/08! So I suppose this is yet another Dealer day come and gone without a penny going towards the appropriate parties while these people continue their creative accounting.

I cannot urge people to think long and hard before being lured into these sham business arrangements. I had no experience and too much trust and has led down a very dark path, indeed.