Fast Food Workers Seek Rehearing After McDonald’s Deemed Not Joint Employer

Mealey's (November 1, 2019, 2:09 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s decision in a wage class complaint finding McDonald’s Corp. isn’t a joint employer of franchised locations workers was in error as there is intra-circuit conflict between that ruling and Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising International, Inc., and the panel decided four issues of first impression under California law that have not been decided by the California Supreme Court, the workers allege in an Oct. 29 petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc (Guadalupe Salazar, et al. v. McDonald’s Corp., et al., No. 17-15673, 9th Cir.)....