McDonald's workers said they faced a toxic environment of bullying and abuse. It's bad news for a business model that keeps fast food profitable.

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A McDonald's restaurant exterior.

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Mass layoffs including workers who are pregnant or on parental leave may seem unfair, but it's not illegal in the US — here's why

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Labor lawyers told Insider that people who are pregnant or on FMLA leave aren't automatically protected from mass layoffs.
Labor lawyers told Insider that people who are pregnant or on FMLA leave aren't automatically protected from mass layoffs.

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A CEO quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in an email to employees announcing layoffs. It did not go over well.

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on the left, a photo of PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada at PagerDuty's IPO, on the right, a photo of MLK giving a speech
PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in an email announcing layoffs.

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