Some of the largest employers in the country say their workers will no longer be required to wear masks on the job. The development quickly followed announcements by seven states that they have dropped their indoor mask mandates.
Amazon and Walmart, two of the largest private employers in the U.S., have already begun to relax the mandates. Last week, both companies notified their U.S. employees that fully vaccinated staff no longer have to wear masks unless required by local regulations.
Goldman Sachs no longer requires workers to wear masks indoors, a policy put in place Monday, and the New York Stock Exchange has made masks optional on its trading floor for fully vaccinated workers.
After New York dropped its state mandate last Thursday, JPMorgan Chase sent employees a memo in which it said “masks are now completely voluntary anywhere in our U.S. buildings for employees who are fully vaccinated unless there are more stringent local restrictions in place.”
Other banks easing mask policies include HSBC where a memo to employees states: “Based on improving COVID positivity rates, vaccinated employees in all locations except California no longer need to wear a mask at any time in non-branch offices, effective immediately”. California is still subject to local regulations and branch employees must continue to wear masks.
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