Fully vaccinated Newport News Shipbuilding employees no longer required to wear masks
WTKR
and last updated 2021-05-17 04:55:17-04
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Newport News Shipbuilding will no longer require fully vaccinated employees to wear masks.
According to NNS President Jennifer Boykin, fully vaccinated employees can still wear masks if they choose to. Unvaccinated employees and those still going through the vaccination process are required to wear masks, and are subject to discipline up to and including termination if found to be unvaccinated and not wearing a mask.
Boykin said unvaccinated people can only remove their masks when social distancing is available, when requested by security for identity verification, when wearing NNS-approved respirators to work and when performing hot work.
Boykin has been at the helm of state’s largest industrial employer since 2017, when she was promoted to serve as the company’s first female president, overseeing 25,000 employees in the development of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.