6 McDonald’s workers say they were pressured to work despite being infected in Chicago COVID cluster, according to new OSHA complaints
A Chicago McDonald’s employee says she and five coworkers were pressured to work after contacting the coronavirus, according to a complaint filed with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration on Friday.
The employee behind the complaint, Kenia Campeando, said her manager told her he will not honor two weeks’ worth of paid sick leave while she quarantines.
Two McDonald’s employees who sometimes worked at the restaurant have died as a result of the coronavirus, the complaint says.
Another employee at the same McDonald’s, Adriana Sanchez, filed an OSHA complaint on Monday saying that conditions at the restaurant pose an immediate danger to herself and other workers.
“We ask all of our employees to stay home when sick, and we are offering paid sick leave to those impacted by the virus,” the location’s owner, Carmen Solano-De Carrier, said in a statement.