"discourage sick workers from coming to the restaurant by offering paid sick leave."

I may be going out on a limb here, but... that's kind of unusual in the restaurant business, isn't it?

I sure hope that starts an industry trend.

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unless they are hiring a LOT of Typhoid Marys.

and to ensure workers don't work sick. If they know they can get a paid day off when they're sick, then they will likely take advantage of it.

Paid sick leave is highly unusual for the food industry. The attitude of the owners/managers is that you come in to work unless you're dead or dying. If the latter, then you need a note from your doctor. And it's been that way for decades.

60% of the food born illness in the US is caused by sick employees who contaminate the food.

I've worked at McDs, Wendys, and know people who work at a score of others. None offer that. If you're sick and call off, you get nothing, and maybe lose your job if it's too often or during seasonal times. Ohio btw, a lovely work-at-will state

And to me it sounds like Corporate espionage and Corporate war.

There was a joke on "Supergirl" TV show ridiculing Chipotle, but what got my blood to boil was that TV series are always "in the can" about six weeks before they air on TV.

So how did the people writing for "Supergirl" know in advance that this fast food franchise
would be down and out due to sickness?

This isn't a problem that popped up in the last couple weeks. This goes back into August.

Thanks for the information.

Their tofu. The rest of the food is conventional but non-GMO.

I highly doubt their problems were caused by the tofu, which is a product of fermentation and not as perishable as, say, chicken.

Delicious food and great bang for the buck.

Have you so little regard for your health?

Just media hype. I'll take the risk if it means good food at an affordable price.

make the meals yourself at home.

This is crummy, chemically-laden, pesticide-grown food with lots of salt, sugar and other "modifiers." Help yourself. Got cancer?

Chipotle is great, then again I don't get vegetables on my burritos. Just meat, cheese, rice, sour cream, and hotsauce. They're always busy still here in SW Ohio

Friday night meal in my household every week.

Even cartoons from two years ago had Chipotle pegged.

They announced this weeks ago. The article makes it sound like it's some kind of immediate emergency, but it's been in the works for a long time now.

All the changes make a lot of sense, centralize as much prep as you can especially with produce like iceberg and tomatoes, blanch onions, peppers, etc. and avoid cross contamination by prepping the meats in a different area and time.

Oh and don't let sick employees come to work and do prep.

"Chipotle also faced two separate norovirus outbreaks, and the company said earlier this month it was the subject of a national criminal investigation, related to an outbreak. "
Did someone purposely introduce norovirus , or is Chipotle being investigated for ignoring it

EVERYONE should get paid sick days.

It's only your own life on the line.

You nailed it!

And we all agreed, no paid leave of course you'll have sick employees coming into work. I'm glad to see Chipotle is offering paid sick leave, but all employers should.