<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWhat if your religious beliefs require a beard? Or what if you have a skin condition that makes shaving a literal pain? Do you have any recourse? Wendy\u2019s does listen to such cases and tries to offer solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exemptions for beards and mustaches may be granted at Wendy\u2019s for religious, cultural, or medical reasons. To be in compliance with anti-discrimination and disability laws exemptions can be granted as long as they do not cause an \u201cundue hardship\u201d to operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe answer to both of these situations could simply be a beard net while working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Religious or cultural beliefs<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nReligious discrimination is a big no-no for employers. This includes making allowances for facial hair when it is required by one\u2019s religious faith or culture. Employers must offer accommodations where possible to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wendy\u2019s will consider facial hair exemptions for religious or cultural reasons on a case-by-case basis. If allowances are made, beard covers may be required to prevent food contamination.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nProviding the opportunity to wear hair coverings in these instances can avoid costly, newsworthy attention and ensure \u201creasonable accommodation\u201d compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Medical reasons<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPseudofolliculitis barbae<\/em> is a skin condition marked by painful bumps on the face. These bumps are irritated by shaving and can even become inflamed and infected. Everyday shaving just isn\u2019t an option in severe cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWendy\u2019s will consider facial hair exemptions for medical reasons with proper medical documentation. Beard cover rules will remain in effect and facial hair will still need to be kept to professional, food service standards.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe change in beard policy will reduce the need for special exemptions and protect even the most sensitive of skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWhere\u2019s the beef?\u201d may be the iconic phrase coined by Wendy\u2019s in the 1980s, but employees demand to know \u201cWhere\u2019s the beard?\u201d Does facial hair have a place behind the Wendy\u2019s counter? Until recently the answer was an emphatic \u201cNo!\u201d Now, the fast food giant is more liberal and casual in its appearance code. Before…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1723,"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\/07\/can-you-have-a-beard-at-wendys_featured-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\/1726"}],"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=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}