Hundreds of businesses, including McDonald’s and Marriott franchises, illegally denied paid sick leave to workers during the pandemic, data shows. This article was published in partnership with publicintegrity.
from their employers. Most of them work in low-wage jobs. Others, such as Joseph, get only one or two days of paid time off a year. Others get a bit more, such as Angely Rodriguez Lambert.Courtesy Angely Rodriguez Lambert
"Imagine living here without any money," Rodriguez said in Spanish."I can't stay in my home if I don't pay the rent, and I need to eat and send money to my family." Angely Rodriguez Lambert, center, strikes with her co-workers at a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, California. The group was demanding two weeks of paid quarantine for sick workers and personal protective equipment for those who continued on the job.Rodriguez and Joseph are the types of workers the Families First law was supposed to help: low-income earners who aren't paid if they are sick or don't get enough paid leave to quarantine for at least two weeks.
The U.S. Postal Service has the most violations: 57. It owes workers nearly $100,000, Labor Department records show.
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