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Who would have thought. Sick people working with your food might get you sick? Policy should always be "if you are stick, stay home".

Original Article: https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/sick-workers-restaurant-food-poisoning-outbreaks-cdc/507-06579053-c1d2-436e-9225-8126bf87ab45

From the post: " Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday.

Norovirus and salmonella, germs that can cause severe illness, were the most common cause of 800 outbreaks, which encompassed 875 restaurants and were reported by 25 state and local health departments."

Who would have thought. Sick people working with your food might get you sick? Policy should always be "if you are stick, stay home". Original Article: https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/sick-workers-restaurant-food-poisoning-outbreaks-cdc/507-06579053-c1d2-436e-9225-8126bf87ab45 From the post: " Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday. Norovirus and salmonella, germs that can cause severe illness, were the most common cause of 800 outbreaks, which encompassed 875 restaurants and were reported by 25 state and local health departments."

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Yeah, you should cook for yourself as often as possible. However, I see no reason that any business should not allow a employee to accrue at least a small amount of sick leave, even if its just 4-5 days a year.

Less sick employees mean less sick customers. I don't know about you but I have only gotten sick at a restaurant a tiny hand full of times and I have never gone back to any of them after getting sick once.