Omicron plays havoc with return-to-office plans
The highly contagious Omicron variant has spread worldwide, causing another big wave of COVID-19.
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The highly contagious Omicron variant has spread worldwide, causing another big wave of COVID-19.
As the new variant spreads, businesses across California are rethinking timelines for bringing workers back into the office and scrambling to cope with lost productivity.
Matt Arnold just spent $5,000 to run help-wanted ads for his company's five trailer factories scattered from Pennsylvania to Utah. "We hired two from the ads," said Arnold, just a fraction of the 125 he needs to get back to full strength of 673 workers. Half the welding jobs at his Texas plant are open, for instance, creating a bottleneck in an operation that builds trailers on metal frames. U.S. manufacturers have long grumbled about labor shortages, but the past year has proven particularly frustrating. As the pandemic pushed millions out of work, most from service industries such as hotels...