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Health insurance law opposition causes harm to Darden Restaurants

Health Insurance for employees at the Olive Garden

The parent company of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster is seeing struggles from its resistance. Darden Restaurants has made a concerted effort to reject the healthcare law requirement that employers provide their workers with health insurance, and this has caused the company to experience a backlash that it may not have expected. Americans have been boycotting the restaurants in support of the hours and benefits of its workers. The company had previously announced its intentions to cut back the hours of its employees in order to ensure that it…

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Health insurance for workers at Olive Garden to improve

Julie Campbell
Health Insurance for employees at the Olive Garden

Employees have been told that they can expect to see better benefits coming soon. Sears and Darden Restaurants – the company that owns the Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains – has recently revealed their intensions to change the way health insurance benefits will be provided to the workers at those locations. Employees will now have the opportunity to purchase their own plans. The restaurant giant has stated that instead of choosing the plan on behalf of their employees, it will pay them directly in order to allow them to…

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