Miami-Dade Restaurants Filled With Sick Workers Who Can't Take Time Off: ROC Study

  • Nine out of ten Miami restaurant workers have no access to earned paid sick days.
  • Nearly half report having worked while sick.
  • Among those, two-fifths had illnesses worsened as a result of going to work, increasing negative consequences for themselves and their families.
  • More than 10 percent reported infecting people they worked with.
  • Five percent admitted serving potentially contaminated food (whether expired, dirty or leftover) to customers.
  • 63.6 percent said they had no access to health insurance; 46.1 percent of those respondants reported never having seen a doctor.