"KFC, Pizza Hut forced to apologise over handling of staff rape and harassment cases", 8 December 2019

A teenage Pizza Hut worker was raped three times by her supervisor...The teenager is one of three complainants who have launched formal sexual harassment claims against parent company Restaurant Brands...

...she says the...investigation carried out by Restaurant Brands Human Resources...was botched and heartless. The company refused to move her to another store, and initially refused to give her any leave, while Singh was stood down on full pay....

...the union [UNITE] asked Restaurant Brands to tackle the issue at collective agreement negotiations, but a draft harassment document was rejected by the company. When changes to the current agreement were suggested...they were also rejected...

...In response to Stuff's investigation, Restaurant Brands has offered a face-to-face apology to Jasmine - although Jasmine's official advocate...said he was yet to hear of such an offer...

..."...An external review is currently underway to ensure our policies and procedures reflect current best practice. We also have a review of our existing training programme and toolkit for managers planned for early 2020...Restaurant Brands apologises to our former employee. We are deeply sorry that (she) was raped while at work. That should not have happened."...