Connecticut Restaurants Still Struggling to Find Staff
“We do not have enough staff,” co-owner Ken Robitaille said. As a result, they’ve had to close on Mondays because they simply don’t have the staff to run the business seven days a week. “Imagine a world where you’re very successful or too successful and you have to close because you can't find enough people to fill those positions,” said Robitaille. The owners say would-be employees are making more money from unemployment than they would joining the team, despite what they say is a competitive wage. The Connecticut Department of Labor says the state unemployment rate in March wa...