Using an administrative dataset from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, we investigate three hypotheses about employment standards violations among franchised businesses: (1) franchisees have a higher probability of violating employment standards than other businesses, (2) franchisees have a higher probability of monetary/wage-related ES violations than other businesses, and (3) franchisees have a lower probability of repaying monetary/wage-related violations than other businesses. The results of our statistical models suggest that overall, franchisees are indeed more likely to violate ES, have a higher probability of monetary/wage-related violations, and are less likely to repay such violations. However, the results vary substantially by industry. While franchisees had only marginally higher probabilities of an ES violation in two of the seven industry-groups examined, five of the seven industries showed substantially higher probabilities of a monetary violation. The results also show that franchisees in three industry groups (retail, accommodation and food services, and education, public administration, healthcare and social services) are particularly prone to monetary violations.

JEL codes: J83, J88, J89

使用安大略省劳动部的行政数据集，我们研究了关于特许经营企业违反雇佣标准的三种假设：（1）特许经营者违反雇佣标准的可能性比其他企业高；（2）特许经营者违反货币标准的可能性更高。与工资相关的ES违规行为比其他企业要多，并且（3）加盟商偿还与金钱/工资相关的违规行为的可能性要比其他企业低。我们的统计模型的结果表明，总体而言，加盟商确实更可能违反ES，与金钱/工资相关的违规可能性更高，而偿还此类违规的可能性也较小。但是，结果因行业而异。尽管在调查的七个行业组中，有两个加盟商的ES违规几率仅高一点，但七个行业中的五个却显示出较高的金钱违规率。结果还显示，三个行业类别（零售，住宿和食品服务以及教育，公共管理，医疗保健和社会服务）中的加盟商特别容易受到金钱侵害。

JEL代码： J83，J88，J89