October 08, 2025
Two McDonald's managers failed to demonstrate that the fast-food chain violated federal regulations for pumping mothers, an Illinois federal judge ruled while sending their claims against two franchisees to their states and giving them a final opportunity to amend their lawsuit.
May 29, 2024
Two workers claiming McDonald's didn't provide sanitary places for employees to pump breast milk failed to show that the fast-food chain was their direct employer, the company told an Illinois federal court, urging it to toss the proposed collective suit.
February 14, 2024
McDonald's employees from Kansas and New York filed a collective action in Illinois federal court Wednesday alleging the fast-food giant, which has more than 13,000 U.S. locations, and its franchisees failed to provide reasonable lactation accommodations to nursing mothers in restaurants nationwide, forcing them to pump in unsanitary spaces.