Stay-at-Home Americans Sow White House Angst on Jobs Miss
Bloomberg 5/9/2021 Mario Parker
(Bloomberg) Portia Roberson says it’s “disheartening.” Employers in Michigan are calling her social services group looking for recruits to fill job openings. But, she adds, federal assistance payments are contributing to depress demand for those opportunities.
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“There are some people who are quite honestly, right now at least, with the stimulus package,” preferring to stay at home, Roberson, head of Detroit-based Focus: HOPE, said in an interview. “I think that that will shift when some of that money begins to run out more,” said Roberson, who worked at the Justice Department during the Obama administration.
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Business groups are blaming President Joe Biden after the most recent jobs report showed a far lower number of new jobs compared to what experts predicted. The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
said in a statement shortly after the new jobs report was released on Friday.
Experts predicted new jobs would boom as the coronavirus vaccine became more available and coronavirus-related lockdowns and restrictions were lifted.
But Biden’s Department of Labor reported that 266,000 new jobs were created in the month of April, well short of economists’ prediction that 1 million new jobs would be created.
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BOISE, Idaho â Local small business owners are grappling with the current labor shortage. It s causing them to adjust their store hours or closed on certain days during the week.
Rhi Hoisington opened Mad Mac, a macaroni and cheese restaurant, a little more than three years ago at the Boise Spectrum Center.
âI owned Mad Mac for five years and we started out with the food truck,â Hoisington said.
Like many small business owners, Hoisington is trying to move forward after facing struggles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic but the current situation doesnât look bright.
Staff shortage causes Greensburg restaurant to limit hours
Dino s Sports Lounge in Greensburg will be closed on Mondays Share Updated: 5:47 PM EDT May 7, 2021
Dino s Sports Lounge in Greensburg will be closed on Mondays Share Updated: 5:47 PM EDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript AS FAR AS BUSINESS GOES - DINO’S HAS BEEN IN GOOD SHAPE - IT’S A POPULAR RESTAURANT IN TOWN - BUT NOW THEY’RE HAVING TO SHIFT THEIR HOURS - CLOSING ON MONDAYS. NOT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF BUSINESS - BUT A LACK OF STAFF. DINO DECARIO - KNOWS THE RESTAURANT MARKET - HE’S BEEN IN BUSINESS - WITH TWO LOCATIONS IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY - FOR MORE I’VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 32 YEARS AND IT’S NEVER BEEN THIS DIFFICULT TO FIND PEOPLE. THE SIGNS - TELL THE STORY RIGHT NOW - STAFFING AT DECARIO’S GREENSBURG LOCATION IS SO SHORT - HE’S CLOSING THE RESTAURANT ON MONDAY’S - JUST TO GIVE HIS TEAM A BREAK. YOU CAN’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE SOME OF THEM GUYS
Businesses are having a hard time finding new employees
Published: May 7, 2021 6:29 PM EDT
Updated: May 7, 2021 7:12 PM EDT
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After the pandemic shut down many industries and businesses, people are beginning to hire again. But, now they’re having difficulty finding workers to fill those positions.
There could be multiple factors contributing to that but Florida Senator Marco Rubio blames the government. He says small businesses can’t hire people back because the governments paying people not to work.
So many companies have decided to offer incentives to get people back to work.
There are signs in downtown Fort Myers that businesses are open and ready.