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Over the weekend, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/03/13/paid-leave-democrats-trump-deal-coronavirus/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=eater-a-running-list-of-the-chains-providing-and-not-providing-paid-sick-leave-2712535" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Congress passed an emergency Coronavirus relief package</a> that provided guaranteed paid sick leave for workers across the country, with one massive exception: the bill only covers employees of companies with 500 or fewer workers, meaning <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/13/21178879/coronavirus-covid-19-restaurant-workers-sick-leave-chipotle-mcdonalds?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=eater-a-running-list-of-the-chains-providing-and-not-providing-paid-sick-leave-2712535" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">the vast majority national chains are not covered</a> by the tens of billions of dollars allocated by the bill and must pay for employees’ paid sick leave themselves —&nbsp;or not.So, which chains are stepping up to provide paid sick leave for their employees? <a href="https://www.eater.com/2020/3/16/21181862/are-mcdonalds-starbucks-and-other-chains-offering-paid-sick-leave-for-coronavirus?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=eater-a-running-list-of-the-chains-providing-and-not-providing-paid-sick-leave-2712535" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EATER has compiled a running list.</a>Most of the chains providing paid sick leave do so with a crucial carve out for the franchise industry. McDonald’s, Domino’s and and each of Yum Brands’ franchise restaurants are offering paid sick leave, but only for employees at corporate-owned stores, leaving franchisees to decide whether and how they will compensate employees who cannot work during the COVID-19 outbreak.<a href="https://www.eater.com/2020/3/16/21181862/are-mcdonalds-starbucks-and-other-chains-offering-paid-sick-leave-for-coronavirus?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=eater-a-running-list-of-the-chains-providing-and-not-providing-paid-sick-leave-2712535" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Find the full list at EATER.com</a>.

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