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Labor/Employment

Aug. 19, 2016

Judge keeps alive McDonald's joint employer lawsuit

A pair of novel lawsuits in federal court saying that McDonald's Corp. shares blame for franchisees' alleged wage-and-hour violations have survived thanks to an uncommonly cited state wage order.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A pair of novel lawsuits in federal court saying that McDonald's Corp. shares blame for franchisees' alleged wage-and-hour violations have survived thanks to an uncommonly cited state wage order.

In a summary judgment ruling issued Tuesday night, U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of San Francisco largely agreed with McDonald's that Bobby O. Haynes Sr. and Carol R. Hayn...

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