Darden Restaurants, the parent company behind the popular eateries Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse, has expanded its paid sick leave policy to include hourly workers across its different restaurant brands.
The employer had already been planning to offer this sick time policy for over a year, but was not preparing to launch it at this time. However, given the current environment around the coronavirus pandemic, Darden says it decided to accelerate the rollout. All of the company’s 180,000 hourly workers will be eligible for this permanent benefit.
