Then, once they have gloves on, they are probably less likely to wash or rinse their hands between steps in food preparation, since their hands won’t feel dirty or sticky. This would seem to make them more likely to cross-contaminate food items or utensils than with no gloves.
Excellent point!
Exactly right
At Whole Foods I watched a butcher, who had a glove on only one hand, pick his nose with his gloved hand.