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Labor/Employment

Jun. 1, 2017

McDonald's official testifies company didn't know state overtime law

Kathryn Froehlich, senior project manager for McDonald's, told Joseph M. Sellers, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and lead counsel for a plaintiff representative group of California overnight workers, that for 27 years the fast food company has configured timekeeping so that hours worked would be attributed to the day a shift began.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — A decision-maker for McDonald's Corp. employee timekeeping testified Tuesday that the company didn't consider how its workday conflicts with California overtime law, even after the fast food company's policy became subject to a lawsuit.

Kathryn Froehlich, senior project manager for McDonald's, told Joseph M. Sellers, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and lead...

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