CDC says sick leave can prevent food poisoning — yet a paltry number of food workers get paid leave
Ever feel like your world has turned upside down — and not in a good way — after you eat at a restaurant?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shed light on how some diners get food poisoning: Approximately 40% of foodborne infectious-disease outbreaks at restaurants were linked to food contamination by a worker who was sick, according to a new report by the CDC.
“No one should have to choose between their paycheck or potentially exposing others to infection,” he wrote. “Food workers report numerous reasons for working when ill, such as loss of pay and perceived social pressure,” the authors of the CDC report said. “Expanded paid sick leave in a restaurant chain reduced the incidence of working while ill among front-line food service workers, and supportive paid sick leave regulations were found to be associated with decreased foodborne illness rates.”
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