The company says the safety and wellbeing of its workforce is its priority but a union has claimed it was not taken seriously enough.
McDonald's UK has said there is no place for harassment or abuse in its restaurants. Pic: iStock
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union had alleged a"toxic culture" at UK sites in the wake of wildcat strikes that hit restaurants in several US cities in 2018 on the same issue. Alistair Macrow, chief executive of McDonald's in the UK stressed that harassment and abuse"have no place in our society or at McDonald's".
"We already have a strong track record in this area and I now welcome the opportunity to work with the EHRC to further strengthen this."The group had committed, in 2021, to anti-harassment training for its global workforce after it emerged that at least 50 employees worldwide had filed charges against the chain over the previous five years.
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