OAK BROOK, Ill. — McDonald's and Visa Inc. have launched an employer-based financial literacy program that offers McDonald's employees free, comprehensive money management tools. The "McDonald's Practical Money Skills" program is being made available to more than 500,000 restaurant-level employees throughout the majority of McDonald's 14,000 U.S. restaurants.
As part of this program, employees will receive a printed Wealth Watchers budgeting guide to track expenses and access to an instructional video and Web resource center at www.practicalmoneyskills.com/mcdonalds with additional tools and information. The materials, which are based on Visa's free "Practical Money Skills for Life" financial education program, are being made available in both English and Spanish.
