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/PRNewswire/ -- Culinary Agents expands to include a Concierge Team to further support talent and businesses within the hospitality industry. The Concierge...

Lots of jobs, few hires: Labor shortage puts Tampa Bay restaurants in a pinch Worker advocates say it’s the start of an overdue reckoning for industries that rely on low-wage jobs.     A marquee at the McDonalds at 1905 N Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa indicates a starting salary of $13 an hour for new hires on May 12. The restaurant had previously offered applicants $50 just for coming in for an interview, a sign of the current high demand for food service workers. [ IVY CEBALLO | Ti...

Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto via Getty Images After eight years in the restaurant industry, Estefanía decided she’d had enough. Last summer, she quit her job at a New American restaurant in Chicago where she had worked as a manager and sommelier since 2017. Estefanía, who asked to be referred to by her first name because she is an undocumented worker, said she got COVID-19 in June and took two weeks off to recover and quarantine. When she came back, she noticed a shift in the way her employers tre...