McDonald’s Sued by Pension Funds Over ‘Pervasive’ Harassment (2)

Aug. 12, 2020, 3:11 PM UTCUpdated: Aug. 13, 2020, 3:54 PM UTC

McDonald’s Corp. was sued for records in Delaware on Wednesday by a group of Teamsters pension funds claiming the fast food giant has “a pervasive sexual harassment and gender discrimination problem.”

“McDonald’s suffers from a toxic work culture marked by sexual harassment, bullying, and abuse of the company’s female employees at the hands of their supervisors, co-workers, and customers,” the Chancery Court complaint says. “That offensive behavior reaches even the most vulnerable group—teenage female workers.”

The lawsuit cites “countless stories” about an “intimidating, hostile, and offensive work environment, in which female workers are regularly subjected to groping, physical assaults, sexually ...

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