The employer/employee relationship needs to be a balance. It's a lot easier to see when you have been on both sides of the coin, I have. An employer can't just pay an unlimited number of sick days (I have a guy who takes a day off at least once a week because he had a cough), I had another tell me he was 600 miles away taking care of his grandma when I ran into him at wal mart. Also (especially a food buisness) can't expect an employee to just work through it all the time. Maybe if your the type who needs a day off every week for a cough you should not work in the food industry. Also you can't pay all the employees $100K and still sell cheap tacos.