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McDonald’s Settles Class Action Wage/Hour Case for $26 Million

McDonald’s recently agreed to pay $26 million to settle allegations that it had violated California’s wage and hour laws.  The case was pending for 7 years and involved a class of 38,000 cooks and cashiers working at corporate-owned locations throughout California.  McDonald’s always denied any violations of the…

McDonald’s Corp. is Not a Joint Employer of Restaurant Employees

On October 1, 2019, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Salazar v. McDonalds Corp. that McDonald’s was not a “joint employer” of 1,400 employees who worked at various Bay Area McDonald’s restaurants owned and operated by the Haynes Family Limited Partnership (“Haynes”).  As a result,…