Former McDonald’s boss fined $400,000 over employee relationship

Shareholders were misled by Steve Easterbrook concealing extent' of his misconduct, says US regulator

The former boss of McDonald's, Steve Easterbrook, has been fined $400,000 (328,000) by the US regulator for concealing the extent of his misconduct" over a relationship with an employee.

McDonald's fired Easterbrook in 2019 after directors discovered he had been having a secret relationship with a senior female employee, which it said showed poor judgment" and violated company policy".