Fast food workers are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, and face difficult work conditions during the pandemic, a new UCLA Labor Center study found.
The report finds many fast food workers do not receive the workplace protections to which they are legally entitled despite working the frontline roles during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter of fast food workers contracted COVID-19 in the last 18 months, and less than half were notified by their employees after they had been exposed to COVID-19.
"More than half of workers felt that employers didn't address their needs after they spoke up, and some even faced retaliation for doing so," Tia Koonse, report author and Legal and Policy Research Manager at the UCLA Labor Center, said in a statement. Violations of labor standards within fast food restaurants have increased and worsened during the pandemic, according to the study. Almost two-thirds of workers have experienced wage theft, and over half have faced health and safety hazards on the job, amounting to injuries to 43% of workers.
Saba Waheed, author of the report and research director at the UCLA Labor Center, said the study shows fast food workers face an array of workplace challenges that extend beyond COVID-19.
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