[who_would_fardels_bear]

A lawyer will know better than me, but if each franchise has fewer than 50 employees does that mean they escape the Obamacare mandates?

If so, then is this an attempt to redefine franchises so that all of the employees of all of the individual franchises are considered as a group so that franchises now come under the Obamacare mandate?

[Ouderkirk]

this an attempt to redefine franchises so that all of the employees of all of the individual franchises are considered as a group so that franchises now come under the Obamacare mandate

CORRECT !

And Paid Time Off, and Family Medical Leave, and the ability or organize as a collective union.