Itmaybethebiggestfastfoodchainontheplanet, butMcDonald's hasbeeninthenewsmanytimesforwageviolationsand a stringoflawsuitsbroughtagainstitbyitsemployeesandknewit.
JimmyJohn's employeeswerefiredaftermakinganddistributingsomemeansshowingtwoidenticalsandwichesclaimingonewasmadeby a sickworkerandonewasmadeby a healthyworker.
Well, youmaywanttoleavetheroomifyou'regettingreadyfor a latenightsnack.
Arby's isapologizingto a Jacksonteenagerafterhefoundsomethingunexpectedinhisrope.
Besandwich, a pieceof a finger.
A teenageboymadethegrimdiscoveryinhisjuniorroastbeefsandwich, anditwasultimatelydeterminedthatthisfingerbelongedtoanemployeeofthechainwhocutthetipoftheirfingeroffon a meatslicer.
In 2004 a managercuttheirfingeroffwhileslicinglettuce.
Well, here's a storythatmighttakeawayyourappetite.
Hespititout, onlytodiscoveritwasthetipof a fingerlosing a bodypartforwork, Definitelynotworthit.
NumbertwoBurgerKing, NewZealandbranchesofBurgerKinghaveseensomeparticularlystringentpoliciescometheirway, includingemployeesallegedlybeingencouragedtoworkunpaidovertimethingwasin 2019 afterthecompanyhadalreadybeenbannedfromhiringmigrantworkersinNewZealandfor a yearbecausetheyweren't payingtheminimumwage.
In 2015 AmericanBurgerKingworkersstagedproteststoget a $15 minimumwage, whilecofounderDavidEdgertonclaimedthatthiswouldmeanthecompany's dollarmenuwouldn't besustainable.
Andin 2014 inCanada, anemployeeof 24 years, Boucheronwasfiredfortakinghome a mealwithpermissionfromthemanager.
Shewon $35,000 USanddamagesduetowrongfultermination A Canadianjudgehasawarded a formerBurgerKingemployee a whopping 46,000 Canadiandollars.
Thecompanyclaimedthiswassimplydownto a payrollerror, buttheywerealsofinedforrefusingtoletinvestigatorsspeaktoemployeesandrefusingtoinformworkersoftheirrights.
TheCEO, AndyPuzder, wasDonaldTrump's nomineefor U.
S Laborsecretaryoftime, andthecontroversyaroundthefinewassoseverethathehadtostepdown.