Most businesses, especially small ones, don’t have a disaster plan for a global pandemic.

The agency hasn’t set specific safety standards to hold employers to.

Grocery store workers, delivery drivers and food service workers have long complained of low-wages and limited or non-existent benefits packages.

“I just take one day at a time,” said Gaile Harrell, a part-time convenience store employee in Ashburn, Virgina.

Thousands of government employees are furloughed during this government shutdown.