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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I'm as pro-hand washing as the next person, but when you read the first article that Jon posted, you'll see that the case ended up being more about McDonald's not taking the actions that it should have to see if she could have been employed by them in a way that didn't require as frequent hand washing, basically in a non-food handling job.
She had worked there for more than 20 years when she developed some kind of health problem related to frequent hand washing. McDonalds basically just fired her and never even dealt with her directly to see what exactly the problem was and if she could be accommodated.
So while making the case about allowing food service employees to refuse to handle food makes us all interested and outraged, it's really a failure to accommodate a disability lawsuit.
There's no indication that anyone felt that food service employees could refuse to wash their hands.
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As someone who worked at McDonald's for several years, there really is NO position in which an employee does not handle food. At all. Cashiers are responsible for fries and condiments, as well as shakes and ice cream and coffee drinks. Cleaning requires handling several liquids. There really is no reasonable position.
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