Underpayments: Macca's Managers & Supervisors
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The SDA – the union for fast food workers – has launched legal action (a Class Action) against McDonald’s to pursue back pay for McDonald’s supervisors and managers who were required to work unpaid.
The Class Action is alleging that supervisors and managers at McDonald’s were required to work before and after their rostered shifts for free and were not paid for all time worked.
Being paid for all time worked isn’t optional, it’s the law.
We are asking the Court to Order McDonald’s, and hundreds of their franchisees, to backpay managers and supervisors for requiring them to work for free.
This action covers all shift supervisors, department managers, assistant restaurant managers and restaurant managers who have worked at any McDonald’s store in Australia between December 2017 and 16 April 2024.
All McDonald’s workers employed as supervisors or managers between 6 December 2017 and 16 April 2024 are defined in the class action as “group members”. If you are a Group member then you may wish to register so that we can tell you about developments in the Class Action.
To benefit from any positive outcome of the Class Action, you do not need to register with us nor do you need to be a member of the SDA.
The SDA is alleging that McDonald’s did not pay an estimated 25,000 supervisors and managers for work required of them to done before and after their rostered shifts.
The SDA believes that supervisors and managers were often required to work unpaid for 30 minutes before their rostered start conducting what is known as a ‘pre-shift check’ and an often for 30 minutes after their rostered shift finished to complete handover tasks.
Along with back paying workers, we are asking the court to award penalties against McDonald’s Australia and its operators for this unlawful practice. The SDA is asking that these penalties be paid to the SDA.
We will keep your information confidential if you register your interest in the class action. You do not have to tell your employer that you have registered with us and you can’t be disciplined for doing so.
If you feel you’re being disciplined or mistreated for being a union member or taking part in our class action, call 08 8139 1009 or email [email protected]
All McDonald’s supervisors and managers who worked between 6 December 2017 to 16 April 2024 are covered by the class action. You do not need to register with the SDA or be a member of the SDA to benefit if the Class Action has a positive outcome.
Being a member of your union is the best protection against underpayments and unfair treatment at work.
Thousands of McDonald’s workers across the country are union members and make their workplaces stronger, safer and happier. Make sure to join the SDA today here.
The SDA’s intention in bringing this Class Action is to recover for McDonald’s supervisors and managers 100% of any underpayments which the Court may find are due to them. The SDA is asking for McDonald’s and its franchisees to be penalised and to pay those penalties to the SDA. The SDA hopes that the penalties it receives will cover the costs of financing the conduct of the class action.
In a Class Action, the Court must approve all aspects of any settlement or resolution including whether any legal costs (and if so, how much in legal costs) should be paid from the funds that McDonald’s and its franchisees agree or are ordered to pay.
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