Business owners and leaders met with lawmakers in Lancaster on Wednesday to express concerns about the shortage of workers in Pennsylvania and try to find solutions. An absolute crisis, said Gene Barr, the president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. Yes, we have a crisis, said Tom Baldrige, the president and CEO of the Lancaster Chamber.Business leaders talked with members of a state Senate committee about the economic impact of the worker shortage. Disrupting supply chains, stoking price inflation and in some cases, forcing businesses to close their doors, Sen. John Yudichak (I-14) said.Some business owners point to the extra federal unemployment benefits as a cause. We cannot find workers, and I personally believe that we are competing with the federal government, said Mark Sauder, of Sauder s Eggs.One committee member pushed back. It s not that Pennsylvanians are lazy, nor that they ll receive more money with unemployment compensation, Sen. Am
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Pennsylvania is facing a serious workforce crisis that is threatening businesses and slowing the economic recovery from COVID-19, state Sen. John Yudichak said Wednesday.
Chaired by Sen. Yudichak, I-Swoyersville, the Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee held a hearing Wednesday at the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce on the Economic Impact of the Workforce Shortage.
“Businesses across my district and throughout the Commonwealth have been forced to curtail their hours of operation or even close because of a workforce shortage,” Yudichak said. “Today’s hearing will help the committee and the General Assembly learn more about workforce development reforms that will help our businesses, our communities and the people of Pennsylvania as we rebuild our economy.”
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Rebecca Emlet is a human resource executive, feeling the pinch of the job market right now.
Her role covers a swath of the Northeast as the regional senior HR manager for Campbell Snacks, but she s focused on Hanover, Pennsylvania, this week, as the snack food company home to Snyder s of Hanover pretzels holds a job fair Wednesday. Emlet is a Hanover native.
Campbell has 100 job openings in the York County plant, and it s offering a $1,000 sign-on bonus for a variety of roles.
That s what the job market requires now: incentives, including bonuses, because of record low unemployment for a couple of years, pandemic-related aftershocks and other factors that have kept some potential hires at home. It s a feast for job seekers, as some employers have raised starting wages, and when they can, businesses are providing more work-from-home opportunities.
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