My thoughts exactly...on both counts.
But this Weyco guy is a poster boy for the nanny state if ever I saw one. I wonder how far he's going to push the envelope? Or if that many of his employees are really just "sheeple" that will put up with his baloney to keep their jobs. I know, it's not always that easy, really, but I tell ya, how hard is it to just grandfather in the previous employees? Well, it's not my business (either literally or figuratively, lol) so I guess the point is moot.
GRRRR!
Grandfathering in the current employees would have been the prudent move, IMO. Especially when his claim it was to save on group health insurance costs......that got thrown out the window because one of the fired employees, who had been with the company 14 years was NOT on the company policy.
But you're right he is definitely a nanny state poster boy - but I do give him a little bit of credit - he didn't get the government to do it for him the way so many of them do........