McDonald’s
Restaurants
Published report · incomplete scoring evidence
This edition records the findings that can be supported and leaves the remaining indicators unrated. An overall score requires all fifteen indicators; unrated does not mean zero.
Community support and workplace systems remain documented. Adding UK safeguarding and franchise-oversight evidence makes agency mixed, alongside the already retained historical food-safety outcome.
Scope: McDonald’s corporate programmes, company and franchise restaurant standards, specified UK safeguarding and franchise-oversight evidence, and the completed 2024 U.S. onion outbreak.
Scope, period & review disclosure
What this score covers
McDonald’s corporate programmes, company and franchise restaurant standards, specified UK safeguarding and franchise-oversight evidence, and the completed 2024 U.S. onion outbreak.
2024–2025 company and outbreak evidence; November 2025 safeguards and February 2026 parliamentary report; reviewed 14 September 2026 Indicator reassessment: 15 September 2026; earlier observation periods are retained.
This AI-assisted assessment covers selected public evidence. It does not directly measure happiness or every effect the company has on people. How scoring and reviews work →
Published under HAPPYWorth scoring standard v1.1. No independent human research review is recorded.
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Three evidence indicators
Connection
Not scoredVitality
Not scored1 supporting source
Security
Not scored0 supporting sources
Agency
Not scoredHow the total is calculated
Reported wellbeing and life experienceNot scored
Workload and recoveryNot scored
Access to effective supportNot scored
Belonging and inclusionNot scored
Relationships and peer supportNot scored
Fair treatment and discrimination40/100
Occupational safetyNot scored
Physical and mental healthNot scored
Prevention and working conditions40/100
Pay and material adequacyNot scored
Benefits and income protectionNot scored
Employment stabilityNot scored
Voice and representation40/100
Learning and progressionNot scored
Autonomy and informed choiceNot scored
No overall score is calculated while any indicator remains unrated. Missing evidence is never averaged away or counted as zero.
Each dimension carries 20% of the total.
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Franchise employers are separate, and the UK evidence cannot establish prevalence worldwide. Parliamentary concerns and the company’s response are assessed together, without treating allegations as final court findings or safeguards as proven effective. CDC says the 2024 outbreak is over. Direct access to the EHRC announcement was unavailable; this edition cites the accessible company response and parliamentary report, and does not claim a complete legal-file review. This edition assesses fifteen distinct indicators. Sources do not establish every indicator; incomplete dimensions and the overall total remain unrated. Different populations within the report are identified in individual findings and must not be treated as interchangeable.
- No independent human research review.
- Contrary-evidence search was targeted, not systematic.
- Some evidence is historical or its observation date is not established.
- Fewer than three dimensions have independent evidence.
Compare similar populations, activities and periods. This review may miss harm that was not identified in the sources.
Sources you can inspect.
- McDonald’s: Purpose & Impact report ↗
Company disclosure
- McDonald’s UK: enhanced EHRC agreement and implemented safeguards ↗
Company disclosure
- UK Parliament: Small business strategy, paragraphs 191–195 ↗
Regulator or public authority
- UK National Contact Point: initial McDonald’s assessment ↗
Score history.
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Sep 15, 2026
Not scoredReviewed · Latest edition
This scorecard →Sep 14, 2026
44/100Reviewed · Previous edition
View scorecard →Sep 14, 2026
48/100Reviewed · Previous edition
View scorecard →Sep 14, 2026
48/100Published · Previous edition
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