Your Chipotle Burrito Just Got Better, and It’s Not About the Taste

Chipotle recently said they' plan to expand worker benefits like paid sick leave to all their staff. Do other major restaurant chains do the same?

Chipotle restaurant workers fill orders for customers on April 27, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Not all restaurants are created equal—and not all restaurants treat their employees equally either.

At a marketing conference for the restaurant industry held in Dallas, Texas, Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle announced that it was going to extend work benefits previously reserved to full-time staff to its part-time employees: paid sick leave, paid vacation days, and full college-tuition reimbursement.

The news was first reported by industry publication Nation’s Restaurant News.

The move, announced on June 4, makes Chipotle one of a few major restaurant chains in the country that provides paid sick leave for all its employees.

Two-thirds of restaurant workers reported they had cooked, prepared, or served food while sick.