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While Hillmer doesnât expect owners will require customers show proof of vaccination, Bright said that
is a consideration Food Fight is making. The company is currently consulting its HR and legal departments to find a way to collect vaccination information from all employees, not because the company is mandating it, but because the CDC still has different rules in place for vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
âThe pandemic isnât over. Weâre still very focused on contact tracing,â Bright said. âIt wonât be a light switch, where June 2nd hits and itâs a free for all. Weâre going to build into higher capacity and less distancing.â
While Hillmer doesn’t expect owners will require customers show proof of vaccination, Bright said that
is a consideration Food Fight is making. The company is currently consulting its HR and legal departments to find a way to collect vaccination information from all employees, not because the company is mandating it, but because the CDC still has different rules in place for vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
“The pandemic isn’t over. We’re still very focused on contact tracing,” Bright said. “It won’t be a light switch, where June 2nd hits and it’s a free for all. We’re going to build into higher capacity and less distancing.”
MITCHELL SCHMIDT
Wisconsinâs return to near pre-pandemic unemployment levels has brought with it the reemergence of one of the biggest challenges facing some of the stateâs largest industries â a workforce shortage.
The need for workers in multiple sectors of the economy has Republicans and the stateâs largest business lobby calling on the state to end its participation in enhanced federal pandemic unemployment benefits, which they say creates a disincentive to work.
Liberals point to long-term structural changes as an opportunity to provide higher wages, better benefits, more skills-based training and adequate child care offerings â a need that was drastically amplified with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic â as necessary to get more Wisconsinites into the workforce.