The number of foreign seasonal workers permitted to work in Ocean City this summer is expected to return to almost pre-covid levels, but housing remains an issue.
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(April 2, 2021) On Monday, for the first time since before the covid-19 pandemic, a group of foreign student workers arrived in Ocean City.
Kasey Simon, the president of sponsor organization United Work and Travel, said the three students, who arrived from Thailand, are quarantining in their homes, awaiting the green light to begin working at whatever local businesses are set to employ them this season.
âWe have worked with about 90 employers throughout Ocean City and West Ocean City,â Simon said. âThey are all vetted, approved and educated with covid protocols in place.â
As one of several sponsor companies that recruit and place students for the international J-1 student work and travel program, United Work and Travel typically supplies between 1,000 and 1,200 students annually to the areaâs workforce, Simon said.