Employment in leisure and hospitality is projected to grow faster than any other sector in the year ahead as well as over the next decade. That’s the great news from government economists. But will rising demand be enough to bring workers back to this industry? Probably not. As employers are increasingly realizing, solving the hiring …
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If you’re running your business the way an MBA might, strategizing and forecasting and budgeting for 2022 is now behind you. Not everyone does, of course, so we thought a quick rundown on a few big-picture questions might be useful. COVID, of course, colors everything but here’s what the economists are telling us: GDP growth: …
The retail giant we all love to hate, Amazon, plans to add 150,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, a 50% increase from the company’s holiday hiring push a year ago. Other large retailers are doing the same. So where does that leave smaller employers, at a time when the so-called Great Resignation is showing …
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The exact cause of the Great Resignation — labor shortages across the economy even though employment is still five million below its pre-pandemic level — has been hard to explain. Unlike the “skills gap” we saw after the 2008 downturn, the labor shortages this time seem to be real. Workers are quitting at record rates, …
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If you’re a business owner, you’ve heard about and probably even seen the Great Resignation unfold before your very eyes. While companies have a record number of positions open in the U.S., it’s not just a domestic phenomenon. Worldwide, 41% of employees plan to leave their current jobs this year. So, the question is, how …
If you’re a journeyman construction worker, you may have heard about the latest challenge facing construction workers: wage theft. Legitimate employers aren’t the problem, of course. But the problem has become common enough in the Denver area that the City Council there recently passed an ordinance making it a crime to “knowingly refuse to pay …
Pandemic protocols are running smack up against employee privacy protections as U.S. workplaces attempt to adapt to the new normal. And restaurants are caught squarely in the middle. New guidelines from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, along with emerging state guidelines, indicate that restaurant managers will need to have one set of work rules …
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If employers need more evidence that hiring is tough for everyone right now, research reports continue to emerge illustrating just how dire the situation has become. Thousands of employees are planning to look for new employers – especially those who are “stuck” in jobs that do not offer remote working opportunities. That’s one of the …
Those in businesses like construction, warehousing, or hospitality are accustomed to the sudden increases in demand for services that call for quickly staffing up. This year, as the economy has rebounded, it should have been fairly easy to find the workers needed to be fully staffed. But many employers have found it difficult to attract …
Your hotel restaurant and banquet service had to shut down as the pandemic took its toll on the hospitality industry. Now, as the environment is shifting, you have been given the official green light to reopen. But can you do so with confidence, given the news reports of virus flare-ups, variants, and ineffective vaccines? You …
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