Canada Is Desperate for Service Workers as Provinces Reopen
Bloomberg 1 hr ago Shelly Hagan
(Bloomberg) As Canada’s restaurants and hotels begin to fully reopen after months of lockdown, they will almost surely struggle to find replacements for the workers who left the industry during Covid.
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But they may have an advantage over their U.S. counterparts who have been struggling with labor shortages: a federal wage-subsidy program that kept many service workers connected to their employers.
The sector accounts for 71% of the 500,000 Canadian jobs that disappeared early in the pandemic and have yet to return. Now, as even the hardest-hit provinces make plans for phased reopenings beginning this month, they are confronting the fact that many of those workers have switched jobs or stopped working entirely, some executives in the hospitality and food-service industry say.
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As Canada’s restaurants and hotels begin to fully reopen after months of lockdown, they will almost surely struggle to find replacements for the workers who left the industry during COVID.
But they may have an advantage over their U.S. counterparts who have been struggling with labour shortages: a federal wage-subsidy program that kept many service workers connected to their employers.
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The sector accounts for 71 per cent of the 500,000 Canadian jobs that disappeared early in the pandemic and have yet to return. Now, as even the hardest-hit provinces make plans for phased reopenings beginning this month, they are confronting the fact that many of those workers have switched jobs or stopped working entirely, some executives in the hospitality and food-service industry say.
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As Canada’s restaurants and hotels begin to fully reopen after months of lockdown, they will almost surely struggle to find replacements for the workers who left the industry during COVID.
But they may have an advantage over their U.S. counterparts who have been struggling with labour shortages: a federal wage-subsidy program that kept many service workers connected to their employers.
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The sector accounts for 71 per cent of the 500,000 Canadian jobs that disappeared early in the pandemic and have yet to return. Now, as even the hardest-hit provinces make plans for phased reopenings beginning this month, they are confronting the fact that many of those workers have switched jobs or stopped working entirely, some executives in the hospitality and food-service industry say.
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As Canada’s restaurants and hotels begin to fully reopen after months of lockdown, they will almost surely struggle to find replacements for the workers who left the industry during COVID.
But they may have an advantage over their U.S. counterparts who have been struggling with labour shortages: a federal wage-subsidy program that kept many service workers connected to their employers.
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Try refreshing your browser, or A lot have given up : Canada is desperate for service workers as provinces reopen Back to video
The sector accounts for 71 per cent of the 500,000 Canadian jobs that disappeared early in the pandemic and have yet to return. Now, as even the hardest-hit provinces make plans for phased reopenings beginning this month, they are confronting the fact that many of those workers have switched jobs or stopped working entirely, some executives in the hospitality and food-service industry say.
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