Does anyone know what resources are available to research the call sick policy for Starbucks in California?

Throwaway account for obvious reasons, but my store has made a very clear policy that you cannot call out sick unless you find someone to cover for you. In a severely understaffed store (we have about 10 coworkers), that never happens. We can call other locations but I have called every one in the district and no one can come cover. So, right now with a huge fever and puking, my supervisor and manager both told me to come in anyway.

A few months back we had an incident where the entire team caught bronchitis because we were forced to come in while sick. I got written up for staying home one day because of how sick I was. The entire team was written up; one person wasnt written up because she had a doctors note and argued with the manager over it. I had a doctors note too but was never asked for it, and I was told being written up was mandatory. I only found out weeks later about the girl who argued to not get written up. Its probably too late for me to do that now.

I’m concerned because this is a food service job, and its wildly innapropriate to require coworkers to come in while sick with contagious illnesses. I used to work at Panera before this, and I wasnt even allowed in the building if I was sick. I’m really concerned about this policy because I can’t imagine its Starbucks policy to endanger guest health this way.

I tried calling the policy hotline but since its Sunday, they’re closed. Does anyone have any info for me? For now, I already told my supervisor I’ll be in the bathroom most of my shift.

Edit: Since people always ask with this kind of thing, her words exactly were “You need to find the coverage”