“Even saying, ‘I had COVID symptoms,’ but my manager said, ‘Too bad, we need you to come in,'” Harknett said. “Stories like that are really, are very shocking and unfortunately, that’s just our reality.”“We've been watching closely within the industry to make sure we don't have any bad players that are trying to force workers to come to work when they are sick,” Walters Said. “It's a very busy crazy time for all of us right now.
But there’s hope on the horizon. Just this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal with legislative leaders to restore up to two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave. It’s important to highlight, many service workers are economically insecure and cannot afford to miss a day's pay or jeopardize their jobs. So, when faced with the choice to go to work or forgo pay, they often choose to work sick.
“It's not good for a worker to have to work sick. But if we think about how many people go to the grocery store, go to a restaurant, go to Walmart or Target; just all the people passing through are put at risk by these types of practices,” Harknett said. Once signed into law, the state's supplemental paid sick leave will be restored through September 30.
If you work at a market, hell yeah! The Company pretty much won't let you. They'll get you back in other ways if you try to call in sick!
Maybe that work ethic needs to return. Without everyone scared of getting the flu.
Oh u mean the time that I had to practically puke in front of my boss sick from stomach flu to prove I was sick so I can go home?
This has been true forever. Not a COVID thing.
Imagine if was capable of doing journalism and actually interviewed some workers in the last month? Like say, at Starbucks? Oh wel, thanks for the old news