The hamburger restaurant preferred by high-tech people (unsplash photo, Israel Alfasa)
The operators of the Chick-fil-A chain in North Carolina have ended a controversial program in which they asked “volunteers” to work at the pay-and-go delivery window in exchange for coupons for a chicken sandwich. The Chick-fil-A chain released the offer last week in a now-deleted Facebook post.
“We are looking for volunteers for our new Drive Thru Express!” The post is opened. “You can earn 5 free meals every shift at work. Message us for details.” Despite the deletion of the post, the restaurant’s social media pages continue to be flooded with critical comments from guests frustrated with the franchise.
More in-
“I don’t want anyone serving food to be untrained!” One woman wrote. “Glad to see you deleted the illegal volunteering post,” wrote another. “Pay money to workers not chicken”. Other comments criticized the franchise for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which prohibits private for-profit companies from recruiting volunteers to perform regular duties.
North Carolina’s Chick-Fil-A was trying to do something “fun and creative” for their community, the store owner said in an Instagram post. Director of Communications for the North Carolina Department of Labor, Jennifer Haigwood, confirmed to Fox News Digital that: “Any private sector employer covered by the FLSA is prohibited from allowing employees to volunteer.”
Comments to the article(0):
Your response has been received and will be published subject to the system policy.
Thanks.
for a new comment
Your response was not sent due to a communication problem, please try again.
Return to comment