We respect an employee’s decision not to work on a holiday if they so choose, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving. The stores that are open to service their local communities are staffed by team members with the willingness to work on this day as determined by their own personal situations. We will monitor and evaluate this situation closely and regret what has occurred.

— Excerpt from a statement released by Pizza Hut after the former general manager of an Elkhart, Indiana Pizza Hut claimed he was fired because he wouldn’t force employees to work on Thanksgiving.