McDonald's 'sex for shifts' scandal as 700 staff take action against fast food chain

dailyrecord.co.uk:

McDonald's has been rocked by a series of fresh allegations by young workers, including claims that a manager asked a 17-year-old for sex in exchange for extra shifts.Employees - who say they were aged just 19 or younger when they worked for the burger chain - claim they were asked by their manager how many people they had slept with.

Others include a manager who it is claimed would touch young staff inappropriately on their shift, another who "preyed on young female workers", or who made alleged racist comments, reports the Mirror.They are among current and former McDonald’s workers taking legal action against the fast food giant.

Law firm Leigh Day says it has been instructed by more than 700 staff who were aged 19 or younger when they worked for the chain.

More than 450 McDonald’s restaurants across the UK have been implicated in the claims, it said, with clients allegedly experiencing discrimination, homophobia, racism, ableism, and harassment.It came as McDonald’s employees alleged they were still facing sexual abuse and harassment, a year after its UK boss promised to clean up the firm’s behaviour.Alistair Macrow, appearing in front of the Commons’ Business and Trade Committee in November 2023, insisted the company was taking action to improve working conditions.