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February 21, 2024

McDonald's Australia is in a bit of a pickle after facing a class action.. and they're not lovin' it at all

The SDA has launched a class action against McDonald's Australia, as well as 325 individual franchisees, due to unpaid work.

What's the key learning?

  • SDA, the union for fast food workers, claims that over 25,000 managers and supervisors were asked to work pre and post-shift - unpaid.
  • Non-compliance with labour laws can be extremely costly for businesses, both financially and reputationally.
  • When companies breach employment laws, it can grill a company's finances and fry their public image.

👉 Background: McDonald's Australia is one of the largest employers in the country, with over 115,000 employees. And while McDonald's is known for its fast food, it seems like they've been a bit slow in keeping up with fair work practices.

👉 What happened: Now, SDA, the union for fast food workers, claims that over 25,000 managers and supervisors were asked to work pre and post-shift - unpaid.

👉 What else: Now, the SDA has launched a class action against McDonald's Australia as well as 325 individual franchisees—because unpaid work is pretty pretty pretty illegal.

What's the key learning?

💡Non-compliance with labour laws can be extremely costly for businesses, both financially and reputationally.

💡When companies breach employment laws, it can grill a company's finances and fry their public image. And McDonald's aren't the only ones.

💡Other Australian businesses that have been discovered to underpay their staff recently:

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