Pork and other meat-processing plants have emerged as hotspots for the spread of the new coronavirus because employees work side by side in close quarters, making social distancing impossible, reports the StarTribune.
In an attempt to protect workers, companies have started checking employee temperatures, staggering breaks and altering start times. Owners said they have also done more to clean plants, added more break space, slowed production lines so workers can spread out and added plastic shields between workstations.
Major companies, including Smithfield, Tyson, Cargill and JBS, said they have relaxed their attendance and sick leave policies to encourage sick workers to stay home and allow them to be paid.
Read the full report at the StarTribune.
