Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise

Tag:

McDonald’s

    • Absence
    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    World Cup flexible working policies implemented by McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s and Asda

    by Personnel Today 3 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 3 Jun 2010

    Some of the UK’s largest employers have put in place specially devised flexible working practices to allow staff to watch...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Learning & development

    McDonald’s in GCSE in 10 days for work experience teenagers plan

    by Louisa Peacock 11 Mar 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 11 Mar 2010

    McDonald’s is to offer 10-days work experience as part of a GCSE-equivalent qualification for the first time ever, the fast food...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Polish-speaking McDonald’s staff lose race discrimination claim

    by Guy Logan 9 Jun 2009
    by Guy Logan 9 Jun 2009

    Two McDonald’s employees who claimed they were forbidden from speaking Polish at work have lost their claim for racial discrimination....

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Google, Vodafone, McDonald’s HR directors share their 2009 challenges

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Apr 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Apr 2009

    Leading HR experts from Google, Vodafone and McDonald’s, among others, have warned employers not to “lock themselves away” from staff when...

    • The HR profession

    David Fairhurst, chief people officer, McDonald’s: profile

    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 3 Oct 2008

    David Fairhurst is HR chief at McDonald's, and has topped our annual Power Players list for the second year in a row. By Louisa Peacock and Georgina Fuller.

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    McDonald’s HR department takes credit for chain’s success

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Aug 2008

    McDonald’s HR chief David Fairhurst has insisted that his department can take “significant” credit for the fast-food giant’s success this...

    • Police
    • Employee engagement
    • Employment law

    Friday podcast – 8 Aug 08: McDonald’s and police recruitment, and UBS poaching

    by Personnel Today 8 Aug 2008
    by Personnel Today 8 Aug 2008

    Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes:

    chief people officer Angela O’Connor tells Personnel Today how the Police Service...

    • Education - further and higher
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    McDonald’s, Network Rail and Flybe to offer A Level equivalent qualifications

    by Mike Berry 28 Jan 2008
    by Mike Berry 28 Jan 2008

    McDonald’s, Network Rail and Flybe are to be allowed to award nationally recognised qualifications through their training programmes.The government is...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Recruitment & retention

    Friday Podcast: McDonald’s work experience to lead to GCSE equivalent; protecting the rights of vegans and atheists

    by Personnel Today 23 Nov 2007
    by Personnel Today 23 Nov 2007

    HR news and views including: McDonalds’ decision to offer work experience leading to a GCSE equivalent qualification A new EHRC...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    McDonald’s campaign to rewrite definition of ‘McJob’ in Oxford English Dictionary draws to a close

    by Mike Berry 9 Nov 2007
    by Mike Berry 9 Nov 2007

    McDonald’s has brought its campaign to change the dictionary definition of ‘McJob’ to a close with almost 105,000 signatures from...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Fast food giant McDonald’s enlists Beachcroft law firm to provide advice on HR matters

    by Mike Berry 11 Oct 2007
    by Mike Berry 11 Oct 2007

    Fast food giant McDonald’s has appointed law firm Beachcroft to provide a full range of employment law advice to its...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    McDonald’s chief people officer David Fairhurst warns HR must make sure it gets the basics right

    by Louisa Peacock 21 Sep 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 21 Sep 2007

    McDonald’s chief people officer warned HR not to be seduced by strategy at the expense of getting the basics right...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Pay & benefits

    McDonald’s gives fast food chain staff in China a pay rise of more than 12%

    by Greg Pitcher 8 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 8 Aug 2007

    McDonald’s is to increase the pay of its 50,000 Chinese staff by up to 56%, according to reports in the...

    • HR strategy
    • Employer branding
    • Opinion

    McDonald’s shows how HR can raise its game

    by Karen Dempsey 29 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 29 May 2007

    Whether you ever personally set foot in a McDonald’s restaurant or consume its much-maligned food, it’s hard not to have...

    • Early careers
    • Latest News
    • Job descriptions

    Heavyweight support enlisted to help McDonald’s rewrite derogatory definition of ‘McJob’

    by Mike Berry 24 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 24 May 2007

    McDonald’s is stepping up its campaign to change the dictionary definition of ‘McJob‘. Dictionaries currently describe McJob as “an unstimulating,...

Newer Posts
Older Posts

  • Elevate your L&D strategy at the World of Learning 2025 SPONSORED | This October...Read more
  • How to employ a global workforce from the UK (webinar) WEBINAR | With an unpredictable...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2025

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2025 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise