A former Saratoga McDonald’s employee is filing a discrimination complaint against the company, according to a report.
Kenia Chapas, 27, claimed that she was inappropriately touched, received lewd comments on the job and felt stalked while working at the fast-food restaurant, reported The Mercury News.
“After participating in a sexual harassment investigation, McDonald’s retaliated against me by reducing my hours and then terminating me,” Chapas said in the draft complaint, obtained by The Mercury News.
The sexual harassment started in January, when a male coworker started offering to buy gifts for her and her children, to give her money and buy her something nice for Valentine’s Day, according to Chapas. The coworker also touched Chapas’ arms and asked to see her hands while working, she said.
Chapas claimed she was initially polite to her coworker, but soon told him to stop spending money on her and her kids. However, the coworker persisted, and that made Chapas feel very uncomfortable.”
Once, Chapas asked a coworker to borrow some money. She soon found out that her alleged harasser told that friend that she would give Chapas the money if she went to a hotel with him. Chapas also claimed that her male coworker followed her to the bathroom and she felt like she was being stalked.
Chapas reported her coworker’s behavior to her shift manager in February. After that, however, her hours were cut by at least one hour per day, and when she asked for more hours, her request was...
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