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McDonald’s said Wednesday that it will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year.
The training will be required for 2 million workers at 39,000 stores worldwide.
“It’s really important that we be very clear: A safe and respectful workplace where people feel like they’re going to be protected is critically important for our business,” McDonald’s President and CEO Chris Kempczinski said in an interview with The Associated Press. “It’s just what society is expecting.”
The change is part of a larger reckoning over sexual harassment at the world’s largest burger chain. At least 50 workers have filed charges against the company over the last five years, alleging physical and verbal harassment and, in some cases, retaliation when they complained. The problem wasn’t confined to restaurants. In November 2019, McDonald’s fired its former CEO Steve Easterbrook after he
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Pay equity will be front and center for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Biden administration, as will efforts to root out systemic discrimination, according to chair Charlotte Burrows. Beyond that, she said during an April 8 American Bar Association conference, she’ll be working to strengthen the EEOC as an institution. We re facing a very urgent issue as all of you know of systemic discrimination and systemic racism, Burrows said. So you should expect first and foremost a renewed attention to tackling systemic discrimination in all forms on all bases, while also looking of course to advance those individual charges, and that s including but not limited to race discrimination.
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Trucking Co. Can t Put Brakes On EEOC Hiring Bias Suit
Law360 (April 14, 2021, 3:43 PM EDT) An Iowa-based trucking company can t escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a strength test used in the company s hiring process boxes out female driver applicants, finding the EEOC s case was strong enough to head to trial.
In an order filed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Linda R. Reade refused to award summary judgment to Schuster Co. on the federal workplace bias watchdog s claims that the test had an unlawful disproportionate impact on women.
Judge Reade denied a partial summary judgment bid by the EEOC to wrap up the proposed class action in its favor, finding that there were still.