{"id":1976465,"date":"2023-07-18T16:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-n-out-fast-food-chain-to-forbid-employees-from-wearing-face-masks-in-five-states\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:47:32","slug":"in-n-out-fast-food-chain-to-forbid-employees-from-wearing-face-masks-in-five-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-n-out-fast-food-chain-to-forbid-employees-from-wearing-face-masks-in-five-states\/","title":{"rendered":"In-N-Out fast food chain bans face masks for employees in five states."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-n-out-fast-food-chain-to-forbid-employees-from-wearing-face-masks-in-five-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In-N-Out \u2064Burger Chain Faces\u200b Controversy Over Face\u200b Mask \u2064Policy<\/h2>\n<p>In-N-Out, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-n-out-fast-food-chain-to-forbid-employees-from-wearing-face-masks-in-five-states\/\" title=\"In-N-Out fast food chain bans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">face masks<\/a> for employees in five states.&#8221;>popular burger \u200cchain primarily located<\/a> on the West Coast, has\u2064 recently implemented a controversial policy that \u200bforbids its \u200bemployees\u200d from wearing face\u200d masks in certain states \u2062where its locations \u2064are situated.<\/p>\n<h3>States Affected by the New\u2062 Guideline<\/h3>\n<p>The states where\u2063 In-N-Out employees\u200c are \u2062prohibited \u200cfrom wearing\u200b face masks \u200cinclude Arizona,\u200c Colorado, Nevada,\u200b Texas,\u2063 and Utah. \u200cAccording\u2064 to a \u2063report,\u200c failure \u2064to comply \u200cwith this guideline could result in \u200dtermination.<\/p>\n<h3>Emphasizing\u2064 Customer\u2063 Service<\/h3>\n<p>Employee\u200b memos \u2064posted online\u2063 state that\u2062 the \u2064new guideline aims \u2062to &#8220;emphasize \u200cthe importance of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-n-out-bans-employees-in-5-states-from-wearing-covid-19-masks\/\" title=\"In-N-Out prohibits COVID-19 mask use in 5 states.\">customer \u2063service<\/a> and \u200bthe ability to \u200bshow our associates&#8217; \u2062smiles and \u2064other facial features.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, in \u200dOregon and \u200bCalifornia, where the \u200dmajority\u2063 of In-N-Out locations are situated, employees will only be allowed\u200b to \u200dwear company-approved\u200b N-95 masks if they\u2062 choose to\u200b do\u200d so.<\/p>\n<h3>Effective Date \u200cand \u2063Background<\/h3>\n<p>This \u2062new \u200crule will go into \u200beffect\u200d on\u2064 August 14th. \u200dIt comes approximately \u2062four \u200dmonths after President Joe Biden signed a bill ending the \u200dCOVID-19 \u200cnational emergency.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064is not the\u200b first time In-N-Out\u200c has made headlines \u200bregarding face masks.\u200c In October\u2064 2021, \u200done of \u200cits\u2063 San \u200cFrancisco locations \u2063briefly closed after defying \u200cthe\u2064 city&#8217;s health\u200d order, which\u200b required workers to ask\u200b customers eating inside\u200c for\u2064 proof of\u2062 vaccination against\u200c COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold Wensinger, In-N-Out&#8217;s \u200blegal\u2062 and\u2064 business\u2062 officer, criticized\u2063 the\u200b order, stating, &#8220;We \u2064refuse\u200d to become\u2062 the vaccination \u2064police\u2062 for \u200cany government. It \u200bis unreasonable,\u200d invasive, \u2063and unsafe \u2063to \u2063force our restaurant associates\u2063 to \u200dsegregate customers based on documentation or any other reason.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has \u2062reached out to In-N-Out \u200cfor additional comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>disciplinary action, including potential termination. In-N-Out&#8217;s decision to prohibit face masks in these states has sparked controversy and raised concerns about employee safety amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 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