Dominos Pizza chain has dodged a major bullet.
The California Supreme Court made a ruling last week dismissing Dominos Pizza chain from sexual harassment charges made by an employee, the Sacramento Business Journal reports. Said employee accused their store manager of inappropriate workplace behavior.
"...there was considerable, essentially uncontradicted evidence that the franchisee made day-to-day decisions involving the hiring, supervision and disciplining of his employees," court documents chronicling the case revealed, according to the site.
"Plaintiff herself testified that after the franchise hired her, she followed his policy and reported the alleged sexual harassment to him. The franchisee suspended the offender. Nothing contractually required or allowed the franchisor to intrude in the process."
Although the plaintiff's attorney did not make comments about the case, they are expected to cease direct legal action against the Dominos Pizza chain.
Court documents also revealed that that Dominos had no duty to operate the Sui Juris franchise store; nor did Domino's have the right to direct Sui Juris's employees in the store.
The plaintiff has not publicly commented on the result of the California Supreme Court ruling.
