McDonald’s Wins Battle With Labor, Avoids Joint Employer Liability with Franchises December 13, 2019 By Hassan Kanu McDonald’s Corp. has won a huge victory in a multiyear legal battle over whether it should share responsibility for alleged...
McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight December 12, 2019 By Michael Smith, Josh Eidelson, Lauren Etter and Hassan Kanu In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a...
McDonald’s Offers to Settle Claims in Franchise Liability Case March 20, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner McDonald’s Corp. said on Monday it had agreed to settle a U.S. labor board case on whether the company is...
Court Now Likely for Joint Employer, Franchise Company Liability Case September 28, 2015 By Daniel Wiessner A sanitation company at the center of a major U.S. labor board ruling that could force companies like McDonald’s Corp....
Franchise Parents, Staffing Firms Ruled Joint Employers Under Labor Law August 28, 2015 By Jim Snyder More companies may be held responsible for labor-law violations committed by contractors and forced to negotiate wages and benefits with...
McDonald’s Is Joint Employer with Franchisees: National Labor Board December 21, 2014 McDonald’s Corp. wields enough control over its franchisees that it should be jointly responsible for the working conditions of their...
Republicans Question Labor Board on McDonald’s Franchise Liability Case September 18, 2014 By Mica Rosenberg Two Republican lawmakers on Wednesday asked a U.S. labor agency for more information about a recent finding that fast-food chain...