McDonald’s Hit with Class Suit Over Employee Health-Care Notices

A former McDonald’s Corp. employee filed a proposed class action in Florida federal court, claiming the fast food giant sends confusing and legally deficient notices explaining workers’ right to keep their health coverage after leaving their jobs.

The notice that McDonald’s sends to inform workers of their COBRA rights omits critical information and is presented in a confusing and piecemeal fashion that misleads workers and results in them losing coverage, Ashley Johnson said in a complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The notice fails to include the address for sending COBRA payments ...