Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Darden Restaurants is applying the new policy to all hourly workers who are not currently covered.
, many restaurant workers cannot afford to miss a paycheck and stay home when they are feeling sick.
Social epidemiologist Carolyn C. Cannuscio, an associate professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine,that controlling an epidemic requires an enormous amount of cooperation from social institutions, including workplaces. “For small businesses, the disruptions will be significant, as customers stay away and as workers get sick," she said. "Paid leave will be costly, but it is likely to pay multiple dividends.
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