I heard Medline paid for local hotel rooms for employees that didn't want to travel home the night of the blizzard - or for those key employees that needed to be at work the next day to get supplies out. Nice.
Why would that be so special or different from any other company? Are they suppose to sleep in their cars? ASSHOLE!
When Quinn declared a state of emergency the company had no choice in the matter. They were risking lawsuits.