As businesses struggle to hire workers, organization pushes for end to federal unemployment aid
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BATON ROUGE - With Cinco de Mayo, Mother's day and graduations, last week was a booming week for restaurants, but the boost in business came at a price.
"Everybody pretty much worked doubles. Just encoded payroll and there's a lot of overtime this week. Really everybody is just exhausted," said Jim Urdiales, with Mestizo.
It's a trend small businesses have been seeing for months now.
According to the Louisiana chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, 44 percent can't find enough workers. That's twice the amount of their 48 year average.