By Bill Knight
Some businesses say they’re struggling to fill vacancies as the pandemic starts to ease; the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) says 42 percent of small businesses have unfilled openings; and the National Restaurant Association suggests people would prefer staying home and subsisting off unemployment insurance, which through Sept. 6 includes a $300 federal supplement to state benefits.
However, HALF of restaurant workers were denied benefits because their pay was too low to qualify, says the One Fair Wage (OFW) coalition.
The problem is more complicated that the alleged greed of the jobless, and the solution is simple.
Women have been harder hit, according to the Brookings Institution, which reports 40 percent had to drop jobs when schools and child-care services closed.