Hobby Lobby

===Reaction to COVID-19 pandemic===
In late March 2020, as the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] swept the globe and state and local administrations were issuing stay-at-home orders, Hobby Lobby announced its stores would remain open. The company claimed to be an essential service as they sell fabric and school supplies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/pinched-by-shutdown-orders-hobby-lobby-closes-stores/2020/04/03/2d1ab4c4-7605-11ea-ad9b-254ec99993bc_story.html|title=Pinched by shutdown orders, Hobby Lobby closes stores|date=April 3, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 14, 2020}}{{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ricciardi |first1=Tiney  |title=Hobby Lobby remains open in defiance of Colorado's stay-at-home order, highlighting uncertainty around mandate |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/03/30/hobby-lobby-coronavirus-closures-colorado/ |access-date=31 March 2020 |publisher=The Denver Post |date=31 March 2020}}</ref> In a reversal, in April 2020, Hobby Lobby closed all stores and furloughed nearly all employees without pay, announcing that they were "ending emergency leave pay and suspending use of company provided paid time off benefits and vacation."<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Jeffery |date=April 3, 2020 |title=Hobby Lobby to Close All Stores, Furlough Employees with no pay after Claiming to be 'Essential Business' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/hobby-lobby-close-all-stores-furlough-employees-no-pay-after-claiming-essential-business-1496054 |work=Newsweek}}</ref>