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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.” ....
AP Photo/Richard Drew 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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