Restaurant Brands International is rolling out new worker benefits and safety policies amid the coronavirus outbreak.Popeyes, Burger King, and Tim Hortons will offer bonuses to employees who work in April, amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Restaurant Brands International also announced that Burger King and Popeyes will give 14 days of paid sick leave to workers who are employed at company-owned locations and who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or asked to self-isolate. Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons, is rolling out new worker benefits and safety policies amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Burger King and Popeyes workers at company-owned stores now have paid sick leave for up to 14 days in coronavirus-related cases. In Canada, the company has established an employee support fund to allow Tim Hortons employees who work at company-owned stores and have been affected by COVID-19 to stay home.
Workers who have a temperature of over 100.3 degrees will be sent home to get tested, a representative told Business Insider. Employees at company-owned stores will be able to access paid sick leave as part of the new policy.