McDonald's is paying $3.75 million to settle a worker class action lawsuit. The workers will get $1.75 million of that in back wages owed to them.
The labor law violations suit was filed In U.S. District Court in San Francisco on behalf of 800 McDonald's workers in Illinois.
McDonald's agreed to pay $1.75 million to the workers in back pay and $2 million in legal fees.
The company is paying up after the workers sued over labor law violations including failure to pay overtime and failure to pay workers for time spent changing into work uniforms.