McDonald's AI-driven recruitment platform exposed 64 million job application records to security breaches, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
McDonald's resolves $10B lawsuit over black-owned media ad spending
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McDonald’s reached a settlement with the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices resolving allegations that it discriminated against immigrant employees of McDonald’s-owned restaurants
On November 19, 2015, the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (“OSC”) reached a settlement with McDonald’s USA, LLC and its corporate affiliates and subsidiaries (“McDonald’s”) resolving allegations that McDonald’s discriminated against immigrant employees of McDonald’s-owned restaurants.
On November 19, 2015, the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (“OSC”) reached a settlement with McDonald’s USA, LLC and its corporate affiliates and subsidiaries (“McDonald’s”) resolving allegations that McDonald’s discriminated against immigrant employees of McDonald’s-owned restaurants.
The investigation and settlement only address actions by McDonald’s corporate-owned restaurants, not its franchises.
WHEREAS, on April 9, 2014, the Office of Special Counsel notified Respondent McDonald's USA that it was initiating an independent investigation, DJ# 197-23-752 (the "OSC Investigation"), to determine whether Respondents engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination in violation of the unfair immigration-related employment practices provision of 8 U.S.C.
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McDonald's settles racial discrimination lawsuit
Two Black McDonald's executives filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against McDonald's in January 2020. The case resulted in a settlement.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 52 Black former McDonald's franchise owners say the company denied them the same opportunities as white franchisees, and steered them instead to "locations that are destined to fail."
The brothers, who are franchisees, are the lead plaintiffs in a suit seeking class action status, alleging McDonald’s growth strategy was “predatory.” The suit cites data from the National Black McDonald’s Operators Association finding that the cash flow gap between Black and white franchisees tripled between 2010 and 2019.
She wrote that "raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would increase wages for nearly 40% of Black workers." Restaurant workers in Florida and Illinois sued McDonald's, saying they faced racial discrimination on the job.
Meanwhile another racial discrimination lawsuit brought by 77 Black former franchise owners against McDonald’s has been tied up in Chicago federal court for years, with the fast-food chain pursuing a motion to dismiss the case.
In January 2020, months before the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police ignited a national movement toward corporate diversity and inclusion programs, two Black McDonald’s executives filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the fast-food giant.
In January 2020, months before the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police ignited a national movement toward corporate diversity and inclusion programs, two Black McDonald's executives filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the fast-food giant.
Meanwhile another racial discrimination lawsuit brought by 77 Black former franchise owners against McDonald's has been tied up in Chicago federal court for years, with the fast-food chain pursuing a motion to dismiss the case.
U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger significantly narrowed the case Sunday, which included 480 claims against McDonald's. The ruling comes years after Black owners first accused McDonald's of steering them toward less profitable restaurants and follows a separate case in which McDonald's reached a $33.5 million settlement with Black franchise owner Herbert Washington.
Labor & working conditionsConfirmed
Workers forced to work at McDonald's UK restaurant and supply chain factory
Workers were forced to work at a McDonald's restaurant and a food factory supplying UK supermarket chains.
A McDonald’s in the United Kingdom missed signs of modern slavery for years while a human trafficking gang forced victims to work at the burger joint as well as a nearby bread factory, according to a report.
were forced to work for several years in a McDonald's restaurant and a food factory supplying some of Britain's major supermarket chains, a BBC investigation has found, despite red flags that could have tipped off employers to the abuse.
Privacy & surveillanceConfirmed
Applicant exposed personal data in McDonald's job application
An applicant may have exposed their name, phone number, email address, and physical address during a McDonald's job application.
Facepalm: Almost anyone who applied to work at McDonald's earlier this year may have exposed their name, phone number, email address, physical address, and other personal information.
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McDonald's settles sex discrimination suit
McDonald's will pay $50,000 to settle a sex discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Besides paying the victim $50,000 in compensatory damages, McDonald's will also take important steps to prevent future workplace harassment.
NEW YORK – McDonald's will pay $50,000 to settle a sex discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC charged that McDonald's USA, LLC unlawfully subjected an employee to sexual harassment at one of its Perth Amboy, N.J., restaurants.
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McDonald’s is accused of continuing ethnic discrimination against high-schoolers
McDonald’s is accused of continuing a program that discriminates against high-schoolers based on ethnicity after a civil-rights audit.
Even after its civil-rights audit, McDonald’s has decided to continue a program that blatantly discriminates against high-schoolers based on their ethnicity,” the lawsuit reads.
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McDonald’s tied to alleged foreign worker exploitation
McDonald’s is accused of being tied to alleged foreign worker exploitation through its partnership with Chuck E Cheese.
McDonald’s said Monday that it would retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels and end a program that encourages its suppliers to develop diversity training.
McDonald’s is ending some of its DEI practices | CNN Business
McDonald’s is the latest US corporation — and among the largest — to back off some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, as a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action and conservative backlash to those programs continues to lead businesses to reevaluate their diversity pledges. The company in a statement Monday said it is sunsetting its specific diversity goals, including requiring its suppliers to commit to certain DEI targets.
McDonald’s said Monday it will retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels. It also intends to end a program that encourages its suppliers to develop diversity training and to increase the number of minority group members represented within their own leadership ranks.
McDonald's said Monday that it planned to retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels. It also intends to end a program that encourages its suppliers to develop diversity training and increase the number of minorities in their own leadership ranks.
McDonald’s said Monday it will retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels. It also intends to end a program that encourages its suppliers to develop diversity training and increase the number of minorities in their own leadership ranks.