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May 11, 2021
It’s no secret that businesses are struggling throughout the pandemic, with many having to overcome new challenges.
“It seems like we get over one hurdle and then another obstacle is created, so right now what’s going on is we’re having staffing shortages,” Susan Jones, Executive Director of the OC Hotel Motel Restaurant Association, said.
I’m told those staffing shortages aren’t just being seen locally, but across the country.
For places like Ocean City, they believe they’re feeling the impacts a little harder than places that aren’t seasonal destinations.
“We have the demand so people are actually coming to our community to vacation, so we need the workers desperately,” Jones said.
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(April 30, 2021) In an effort to quell resortwide staffing struggles, the same international workers who were once reserved for seafood packing houses and farm labor are taking on new roles at some Ocean City businesses this year.
Each year, a set number of H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker visas are granted to individuals from foreign countries for six months to come to the United States and work for money to send home to their families. Businesses apply for certification to hire them and receive a number based on a lottery system. The workers are adults, not students like those who come from the J-1 student work and travel program, and typically perform manual labor â until this year.