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Labor/Employment

Jun. 13, 2017

McDonald's able to substantially minimize its damages in overtime trial

What was often a very confusing bench trial regarding McDonald's Corp. and overtime allegations under the state's Private Attorneys General Act has a quite clear conclusion for now: McDonald's won.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES ? What was often a confusing bench trial regarding McDonald's Corp. and overtime allegations under the state's Private Attorneys General Act has a quite clear conclusion for now: McDonald's won.

Superior Court Judge Ann I. Jones issued a tentative decision Friday that the fast food Goliath must pay $774,442, mostly in PAGA penalties, plus overtime back pay and interest for eight ye...

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