As Michigan restores restaurant jobs, industry is back to 84% of pre-pandemic levels
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
Posted Apr 15, 2021
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Food and drink jobs are on the upswing again in Michigan, yet 12% of the state’s yet-to-be-regained jobs are from sit-down restaurants.
Michigan had 141,000 sit-down restaurant jobs in January 2020. That number dipped as low as 39,000 in April 2020 as the pandemic and the dine-in ban crushed the industry. Sit-down restaurant employment has rebounded to 105,000 as of March, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
While most of Michigan’s hospitality industry has struggled throughout the pandemic, sit-down eateries – also known as full-service restaurants – have seen the biggest swings.
Business Leaders Say Permanent MIOSHA COVID Rule Recommendations Are Unworkable, Push Back on Whether COVID Restrictions Should Remain In Place Indefinitely
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LANSING, Mich., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Michigan Chamber, Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, Michigan Manufacturers Association and Michigan Retailers Association are expressing major concern as a Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) Advisory Committee completed its scheduled work and MIOSHA announced its plans to move forward with extending overly-restrictive COVID-19 workplace rules on a permanent basis. The business groups voiced concern over how the permanent rules could come to conflict with Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations and current science and will adversely impact jobs and hurt the economy.
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Business Groups Concerned by New Michigan Workplace Rules
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, Michigan Manufacturers Association, and Michigan Retailers Association, all based in Lansing, are expressing concern as a Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) advisory committee announced plans to move forward with extending COVID-19 workplace rules on a permanent basis.
Michigan business associations are concerned as MIOSHA plans to move forward with extending COVID-19 workplace rules on a permanent basis. // Stock photo
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, Michigan Manufacturers Association, and Michigan Retailers Association, all based in Lansing, are expressing concern as a Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) advisory committee announced plans to move forward with extending COVID-19 workplace rules on a permanent basis.
As virus surges, Michigan leaders say people should stay out of restaurants
Updated Apr 09, 2021;
Posted Apr 09, 2021
Drinks sit on a table at a downtown Kalamazoo restaurant on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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Despite Michigan leading the nation in new COVID-19 cases per capita, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that Michigan is not shutting down restaurants again.
But Whitmer and Michigan’s Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun are strongly discouraging indoor dining – leaving restaurant industry leaders feeling bittersweet.
“Infectious disease and public health experts across the country have been quite clear that indoor dining is one of the riskiest things you can do during this pandemic,” Khaldun said. “And with the numbers that we are seeing now, we simply do not recommend it.”
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Casey and Tina Jahn, owners of Hooks Waterfront Resort in Harbor Beach maintained their new business despite the challenges the pandemic presented. (Robert Creenan/Tribune File Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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Helen and Kevin Wiley, owners of the Pasta House in Kinde were cautious on reopening indoor dining as restrictions were lifted. (Robert Creenan/Tribune File Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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Tim McCollum, owner of The Peppermill poses for a photo with some of his staff after some restrictions were lifted earlier this year. (Tribune File Photo) Show MoreShow Less