McDonald’s Defeats Class Suit Under Breast-Pumping Law, for Now

Two McDonald’s managers mostly failed with a proposed nationwide collective action against the company and roughly 13,000 franchisees over breaks and space to express breast milk at work, a Chicago federal judge ruled.

But Kathleen Faber and Lexis Mays can replead their allegations against McDonald’s USA LLC and other franchisees and can continue with claims against their direct employers, MBM Management Inc. and Mac-Clark Restaurants Inc., the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Tuesday. However, their cases will be transferred to federal courts in Kansas and New York respectively, where Faber worked and Mays is working. ...