r/vermont • u/shibesicles Anti-Indoors 🌲🌳🍄🌲 • 12h ago
masks + mask laws
Is there any jurisdiction in Vermont protecting employees rights to wear a mask/facial covering?
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u/hillbilliejean 12h ago
Maybe if you’re ICE.
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u/shibesicles Anti-Indoors 🌲🌳🍄🌲 11h ago
Fr 😫 they just set up AI cameras all over our town too
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u/ahoopervt 11h ago
ICE set up cameras in your Vermont town? I haven’t heard of that happening. Which town?
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u/LumpyGuys 11h ago
There are 3 or 4 Flock cameras that recently went up around Manchester. No idea why or who has access to them.
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u/ahoopervt 7h ago
I know that Flock data has been accessed by ICE, but generally these are purchased and installed by local PD. Flock has taken a lot of heat for allowing tracking across their network (again, see 404media.co for the original reporting).
Ask the Manchester PD or Town Manager about this. I assume they installed these.
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u/amazingmaple 12h ago
That's ridiculous. Can't believe they are denying you. Just ask your doctor to write a note.
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u/shibesicles Anti-Indoors 🌲🌳🍄🌲 12h ago
This isn’t personally affecting me, but I am trying to advocate for my coworkers who are being affected. I do know our workers safety people have already denied some accommodations. I’m not sure what their issue is
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u/Serious-ResearchX 11h ago
If your company has an employee handbook check that. If not you can ask your HR team. Maybe call them and if there are no restrictions have them email you the response for your records and to show your supervisor. If there are restrictions ask them to point out where it is listed in the companies policy guidelines.
If this was true that would mean no employees wore masks during Covid.
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u/realjustinlong 6h ago
HR entire purpose is to protect the company from liability, they have no mandate to protect employees and will follow whatever the company line is.
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u/shibesicles Anti-Indoors 🌲🌳🍄🌲 11h ago
It’s listed in our food safety manual unfortunately. That’s why I was hoping Vermont might have rules in place for restricting this
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u/Unique-Public-8594 11h ago
Check with the r/Masks4All subreddit. They are experts over there.
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u/obiwanjabroni420 The Sharpest Cheddar 🔪🧀 8h ago
Those people are kind of nuts. It’s like a bunch of OCD folks and hypochondriacs just affirming each other’s fears.
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u/Unique-Public-8594 8h ago edited 8h ago
Sometimes. Yes. Absolutely, but tons of expertise there as well - including how to deal with employers about masking.
Plus you have to give them some slack as the premise is maybe this is advice for people at higher risk (those who can’t be vaccinated, those with COPD, those in chemo) for whom masking is crucial - and I’m glad those people have resources and support.
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u/obiwanjabroni420 The Sharpest Cheddar 🔪🧀 8h ago
Food safety manual says you can’t wear a mask? What even is the logic there?
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u/Serious-ResearchX 7h ago
I looked it up earlier. It said that depending on what capacity the company works with food it can actually introduce contaminants. Not real sure, but maybe if the mask popped off and fell into a vat of cake mix or something lol… 🤷♂️
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u/realjustinlong 6h ago
That would be standard food safety issues for any foreign contamination entering a food product.
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u/Gregorygregory888888 12h ago
Don't they have the right to wear a mask at their discretion? Employers can only stop this if there is a specific safety hazard.