<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nEqual opportunity employers like Chick-fil-A have to walk a fine line between their appearance and safety requirements and the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Employee policy manuals make beard allowances for religious beliefs as long as the employee wears a beard net. Medical exemptions for beards do not appear to be granted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nTitle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. Facial hair can be an expression of one\u2019s religion or nationality and Chick-fil-A recognizes this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Religious or cultural beliefs<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nBeards are considered a symbol of faith for some religions. Practicing Muslims and those of the Sikh faith are often granted beard exemptions in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chick-fil-A does recognize and offer reasonable accommodations for beards grown for religious or cultural reasons. Documentation is required and it must go through the appropriate channels in order to be approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhile beard accommodations are often made, health and safety precautions are still enforced. Employees are required to keep their beards clean, trimmed, and covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Medical reasons<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nMany men struggle with painful skin conditions like pseudofolliculitis barbae. This condition, which predominantly affects men of color, is often irritated by shaving and can lead to infection and<\/em> scarring.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nCurrently, beard exemptions for medical conditions are not granted often, if at all, by Chick-fil-A. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nA perusal of employment boards finds a lack of flexibility in this area. As recent as 2018, one employee stated the refusal of his Chick-fil-A management to grant a beard exemption due to pseudofolliculitis barbae<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn the other hand, there seems to be optimism from some that rules will change. Many say that the post-2020 atmosphere has taken a more relaxed turn and that regional beard pilot programs hint at greater variability across locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When it comes to chicken sandwiches and operating efficiency, it doesn\u2019t get much better than Chick-fil-A. If you\u2019re ready to work for the \u201cEat Mor Chikin\u201d giant, will your beard be an issue? Probably, but change may be on the horizon. The restaurant franchise chain Chick-Fil-A has a meticulous grooming policy. For years, beards were…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":18,"label":"General Info"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-you-have-a-beard-at-chick-fil-a_featured-1-1024x683.png",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Joshua Bartlett","author_link":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/author\/joshuaebartlett\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":18,"name":"General Info","slug":"general-info","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":80,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":18,"category_count":80,"category_description":"","cat_name":"General Info","category_nicename":"general-info","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}