WA2.25 Requirements for franchisee employers (23/05/2022)

1. An employer who is a franchisee (as defined at WA2.60.20) must meet the following requirements:
   1. The employer must have been operating (trading or carrying out business) in New Zealand, as a franchisee, for at least 12 months prior to the application being made (see (b) below); and
   2. a minimum of 15% of the employer’s employees must be New Zealand citizens or residents who are guaranteed at least 30 paid hours per week, unless the employer has no more than one employee.
2. An employer may use another legal entity’s history of operating as a franchisee to meet (a)(i) above if at least 66% of the ownership of the employer and the other entity is the same, and the employer and the other entity are in the same sector and provide the same goods and/or services.
3. Evidence of meeting the requirements set out at (a) and (b) above may include, but is not limited to:
   1. certificates of occupancy or lease agreements for business premises or space;
   2. evidence of bank transactions;
   3. tax records;
   4. stock lists/orders;
   5. evidence of owners of the employer (organisation) and affiliated organisation.

Effective 23/05/2022