In the past several years, former and current McDonald’s employees have increasingly come forward to share stories of the sexual harassment they allegedly experienced while working in the chain’s restaurants, In a new CBS
Sunday Morning segment, four women shared their personal accounts with correspondent Erin Moriarty.
Emily Anibal, who was 17 when she started working at McDonald’s in 2016, said a male shift manager “would make comments on my body, and other workers’ bodies, saying, like, ‘I would have sex with you, I wouldn’t have sex with her.’” Anibal added that the shift manager would comment on or touch employees “pretty much every shift, for most of the shift.”
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Hundreds of McDonald s staff have faced sexual harassment at work, senior attorney Gillian Thomas told CBS.
One worker told CBS a shift manager called her ugly and grabbed her breasts with kitchen tongs.
McDonald s CEO Chris Kempczinski said sexual harassment has no place in any McDonald s restaurant.
McDonald s will take action following allegations of sexual harassment by its staff, its CEO Chris Kempczinski said Sunday, after CBS released a wide-ranging report about the fast-food giant.
Hundreds of female employees have been subjected to sexual harassment at McDonald s restaurants, resulting in up to 100 lawsuits and discrimination charges, Gillian Thomas, a senior attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, told CBS. In some cases, the women were as young as 15 years old, she said.
Kempczinski said he had asked for a review of workplace-safety policies and programs across the global system by four members of the brand’s executive team: Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA; Ian Borden, president of McDonald’s international; Heidi Capozzi, global chief people officer; and Katie Fallon, chief global impact officer.
“Far from shying away from them, in the case of the sexual harassment allegations detailed in the ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ story, I want to recognize these individuals and acknowledge their courage,” Kempczinski said. “Any person who steps forward to report concerns or issues deserves our utmost respect.”
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