McDonald’s Corp. must face sexual-harassment charges filed by an employee at a St. Louis-based franchise, according to a federal judge in Missouri.
The plaintiff alleged that she was forced to quit after a few weeks on the job due to severe sexual harassment. She filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp. and the franchise operator, asserting violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
McDonald’s argued that the plaintiff was an employee of the franchise, not the parent company, and so the claims against it should be dismissed. But the judge disagreed.
