Roommates, while most franchises are closing their doors, one of the biggest fast-food chains on the planet still has its employees reporting for work. McDonalds has now announced that its locations will be taking extra precautions for its employees.
According to Fox News, McDonald’s new safety measures are aimed at ensuring employees are in good health at the start of each shift. The chain has just announced that upon starting a shift, employees will be asked a series of questions associated with COVID-19.
Employees will reportedly be asked if they have been diagnosed with or have any symptoms associated with the coronavirus, if they have been in close contact with anyone infected with the virus in the past two weeks, and if they have been advised to self-quarantine by a medical professional.
If employees answer “yes” to any of the questions, the new policies will require that they be sent home, and will not be allowed to return to work until they have been cleared by a medical professional.
It has also been confirmed that the fast-food chain is looking to launch temperature checks for employees as an additional wellness-check policy.
“We have secured thermometers and we’re in the process now of quickly making them available to all of our restaurants,” David Tovar, Vice President of U.S. communications at McDonald’s said.
Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, says the health checks are “extra precautionary measures” to protect employees and customers during the pandemic.
“Implementing these extra precautionary measures is another way employees can feel good about where they work, and customers can trust their favorite McDonald’s menu items are being prepared by healthy crew members,” he said in a statement. “This is one of the many ways McDonald’s is doing its part to help stop the spread of COVID-19 at this critical time.”
McDonald’s is also offering employees who contract the virus two weeks paid leave through the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
