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Illinois restaurants, bars having trouble hiring staff as state reopens
Restaurants, bars having trouble hiring staff as Illinois reopens
Fourteen months after the pandemic forced a sudden shut down, restaurants that survived found an ugly surprise. They say it is difficult to hire enough staff to reopen fully.
CHICAGO - At a South Side job fair on Monday, a group representing 18 Chicago area restaurants promised new hires would earn the full minimum wage, plus their share of customers’ tips. For some in the beleaguered business, that represents a significant raise.
The move highlighted a crisis confronting the hospitality industry, which is Illinois’ second-largest employer.
Neil Strebig, York Daily Record
Published
12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
Neil Strebig, York Daily Record
Published
12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021
When it comes to increasing the minimum wage, the restaurant industry finds itself at a crossroads.
Some believe the proposed $15 per hour increase could shutter some restaurants, while other advocates believe the increase will benefit the industry and the local communities restaurants serve as a whole. Why do restaurants get to be the only industry in the whole country that has to let the customers directly compensate for employee wages? Every other industry has to find a way to pay a minimum wage, said Mikey Knab, director of RAISE High Road Restaurant Network, a restaurant advocacy group.