05/20/2013
Merced-based Alia Corp., which owns 20 McDonald’s franchises in the Central Valley, will pay $100,000 to settle a former supervisor’s disability discrimination suit. The man claimed Alia illegally demoted him because of his intellectual disability.
05/20/2013
Like most employers, your employee handbook probably includes a disclaimer informing employees that nothing in the document creates a contract. But what if your handbook also includes a clause that says employee disputes must go to arbitration instead of state or federal court, where a runaway jury might bankrupt the company? Bad idea.