Some employers are adding sick leave amid the coronavirus outbreak. Others are leaving workers hanging.
Taco Bell, for example, has announced that at its company-owned restaurants, it willwho are required to stay at home or who work at a location that has been closed, for their regularly scheduled hours. It said it is “actively working with our franchise partners to encourage a similar approach.” But more than 4,600 of Taco Bell’s 6,000 restaurants are franchisee-owned.
McDonald’s says its full- and part-time employees can earn up to five sick days per year and says it will pay corporate-owned restaurant employees who are “asked to quarantine” for up to 14 days off from work. But those policies cover only the 205,000 workers at its corporate offices and company-owned restaurants.
The Job Quality Index shows that low-wage and low-hour jobs have been taking over the U.S. workforce for decades.Many companies that have liberalized their sick leave policies still impose conditions that could discourage workers exposed to the novel coronavirus from staying home, at risk to their colleagues and customers. Amazon’s grant of up to two weeks paid time off applies to “employees diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed into quarantine.
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