USA TODAY: McDonald’s workers in three states filed lawsuits against the fast-food chain this week, saying the company engages in a variety of practices to avoid paying them what they’re owed…
The lawsuits detail a range of violations, including the use of software that monitors the ratio of labor costs as a percentage of revenue. When that ratio climbs above a target, attorneys say workers are forced to wait around before they can clock in. In Michigan, lawyers said workers have to pay for their own uniforms, which further eats into their already low wages.
The six lawsuits and one amended lawsuit announced Thursday include both franchise-owned and company-owned restaurants. McDonald’s Corp. is named in all the suits, however, because lawyers say the company exerts control over staffing at all its locations… (more)
EDITOR: If indeed true, calling employees into work by a certain time and then making them sit around and wait is a despicable practice. If there is not going to be unions, then there needs to be regulations or legislation.
