In-N-Out will bar employees in five states from wearing masks unless they have a doctor’s note, according to internal company emails leaked on social media last week.

  • Frog-Brawler@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 year ago

    This is incredibly stupid, but how difficult would it be to get a doctors note? I’m sure my doctor would write a note “Frog is going to wear a mask when they feel it appropriate.” Done, ya?

    • HarkMahlberg@kbin.socialOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      “Requiring a doctor’s note is also a burden in terms of time and money. Many people don’t have a primary care physician or one who is readily available,” Stone wrote in a column for Forbes this week. “And requiring proof of a disability might be considered a violation of the Americans with Disability Act, depending on how one interprets masking as a request for accommodation.”

      • Frog-Brawler@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        it’s a small burden in terms of time and money, yet I won’t dispute that even a small burden is still a burden.

        My understanding is that the capitalist business owners continually make the complaint “no one wants to work anymore.” If they’re all making that same complaint, it seems that if I no longer wanted to work for In-N-Out anymore, there’s likely high demand for workers at every other fast food place.

        I’ve never been to an In-N-Out but I can’t imagine too many of their employees that have a desire to continue to wear a mask are going to be in conflict with their unwavering desire to work for In-N-out, they’ll just go work somewhere else.

        • HarkMahlberg@kbin.socialOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          1 year ago

          they’ll just go work somewhere else.

          This implies there are 1) similar employers 2) in a similar location, and 3) that are looking for workers, which isn’t a guarantee.

          And even if there was, that puts the burden of looking for a new job on the workers. Why should it be their responsibility? We don’t have to get to this part of the conversation in the first place: In N Out shouldn’t be banning masks in the first place, regardless of what contingencies are available or unavailable to their employees.

      • Frog-Brawler@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Yea… healthcare without insurance can cost a lot of money if there’s an actual issue. It’s not going to cost anyone hundreds of dollars to go into a walk in clinic and tell the doctor “I work at a stupid place that requires me to have a doctors note to have a mask.”

        That’s going to be like $25-$50 if there’s even a charge. I didn’t see anywhere that it said what kind of doctor (unless I missed it). They can do the same thing that the anti-vaxers in FL did, get a note from a chiropractor.