Many restaurants struggling to fill job openings due to COVID-19 restrictions By Jayce M. Rosenberg Associated Press Published NEW YORK (AP) It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting Help Wanted signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand for their products or services. Owners say that some would-be workers are worried about catching COVID-19 or prefer to live off unemployment benefits that are significantly higher amid the pandemic. Child care is another issue parents aren’t able to work when they need to tend to or home-school their children. For some people, a combination of factors go into their decision not to seek work.
Help wanted: Businesses across U.S. scramble for workers as job openings go unfilled Joyce M. Rosenberg NEW YORK It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting Help Wanted signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand for their products or services. Owners say that some would-be workers are worried about catching COVID-19 or prefer to live off unemployment benefits that are significantly higher amid the pandemic. Child care is another issue parents aren t able to work when they need to tend to or home-school their children. For some people, a combination of factors go into their decision not to seek work.
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Klatt and Lapp need 20 people to run the business well but have only five staffers. Former chefs, the owners and their wives are working in the kitchen and on the truck to keep things running. Klatt and Lapp recently decided to curtail their Sunday hours and close Mondays to give everyone a break. “The hit to the bottom line will be noticeable, but it’s not worth burning out the few awesome people we do have working for us,” Klatt says. Businesses of all sizes are struggling with hiring even with millions of Americans unemployed and as increasing numbers of people get vaccinated and look forward to a more normal life. A Census survey taken in late March shows that 6.3 million didn t seek work because they had to care for a child, and 4.1 million said they feared contracting or spreading the virus.
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Businesses scramble for help as job openings go unfilled Joyce M. Rosenberg Updated: Tags: Full Screen1 / 2 This photo provided by Hannah Albert on Sept. 23, 2020 shows Steve Klatt, left, and Brandon Lapp, owners of Braised in the South, a Johns Island, S.C, restaurant and food truck business that is having trouble finding workers during the pandemic. Many small businesses find hiring more difficult because many would-be staffers fear contracting COVID-19 on the job or would prefer to live off unemployment benefits. (Hannah Albert via AP) NEW YORK – It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting “Help Wanted” signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand for their products or services.