![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-mcdonalds-toxic-culture-of-sexual-harassment-and-bullying-with-teen-workers-groped-routinely-at-branches/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/we-fresh-meat-inside-mcdonalds-832508566.jpg&description=WORKERS for fast food giant McDonald's have revealed what they call a toxic culture of sexual harassment and bullying at branches across the UK. Teenage employees have told of being routinely groped during shifts - while there have also been accusations of racism being rife. 3 Teenage ex-McDonald's employee Shelby says she was routinely harassed by colleagues Credit: BBC 3 US fast food chain McDonald's has been accused of 'toxic' abuse across UK branches Credit: Getty Images - Getty More than 100 current and former staff have made the claims as part of a new BBC investigation, prompting McDonald's to apologise and threaten offenders with the sack. Whistleblowers gave the BBC 31 allegations of sexual assault, 78 related to sexual harassment, 18 of racism and six of homophobia. The UK's equalities watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has now set up a new email hotline to deal with complaints. Managers at McDonald's outlets across Britain were said to be responsible for many of the harassment and assaults - with senior staff allegedly "turning a blind eye" when complaints were made. Among the accusations were a 17-year-old worker in Cheshire teling how a colleague 20 years older used a racial slur, asked to expose himself to her and talked of wanting them to make a "black and white" baby together. One current employee described being viewed by male colleagues as "fresh meat" when joining a branch in Nottingham. An ex-employee described a senior manager at her Plymouth branch choking her and grabbing her bottom, as well as a shift manager sending her sexually-explicit images. There were also claims a manager in Hampshire suggested a male employee aged 16 perform sexual acts in return for vapes. A Cheshire manager is said to have preyed on 16-year-old female starters, trying to pressurise them into sex. The BBC also heard from a woman saying she was the victim of racist jokes at an Aberdeen outlet and a current worker in Essex telling of anti-Semitic abuse){kind=link}
WORKERS for fast food giant McDonald’s have revealed what they call a toxic culture of sexual harassment and bullying at branches across the UK.
Teenage employees have told of being routinely groped during shifts – while there have also been accusations of racism being rife.
More than 100 current and former staff have made the claims as part of a new BBC investigation, prompting McDonald’s to apologise and threaten offenders with the sack.
Whistleblowers gave the BBC 31 allegations of sexual assault, 78 related to sexual harassment, 18 of racism and six of homophobia.
The UK’s equalities watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has now set up a new email hotline to deal with complaints.