[JustAnotherFan]

Meat packing plants responded for a time by sending workers away, as I recall. Then there was discussion of 'ordering' them to stay open. How such an order would be enforced on individual workers, I have no idea. I'm aware of no legal authority for such action, and I'm not aware that any such action was undertaken.

In any case, the situation in which Covid infected workers stayed on the job and infected others because of the unavailability of worker's leave is in my recollection non-existent. If you are aware of one, I'd be curious.

Breaking news: undocumented workers don't get to take time off to heal up if they're sick in the midst of a pandemic.

See also low wage workers: elder care facility employees
See also low wage workers who think they're overseeing animals: corrections officers

[JustAnotherFan]

Meat packing plants responded for a time by sending workers away, as I recall. Then there was discussion of 'ordering' them to stay open. How such an order would be enforced on individual workers, I have no idea. I'm aware of no legal authority for such action, and I'm not aware that any such action was undertaken.

In any case, the situation in which Covid infected workers stayed on the job and infected others because of the unavailability of worker's leave is in my recollection non-existent. If you are aware of one, I'd be curious.

Breaking news: undocumented workers don't get to take time off to heal up if they're sick in the midst of a pandemic.

See also low wage workers: elder care facility employees
See also low wage workers who think they're overseeing animals: corrections officers