Flower And Worker Shortages Means Higher Prices For This Mother’s Day, Florists Warn
CBS Sacramento 5/4/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) Florists across the Sacramento area say customers should expect higher prices this Mother’s Day.
The phone is ringing off the hook at Relles Florist in Midtown Sacramento on Tuesday.
“We need help,” said Owner Jim Relles. “I’ve been pleading with my friends trying to find a few more people for Mother’s Day.”
Relles says he’s looking for a few more employees to meet the Mother’s Day rush with business now up 40 percent.
“Which is great and wonderful, but it’s a nerve-wrack this week if we’re going to be able to
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(TNS) A year after the first COVID-19 case hit California, the state agency in charge of policing warehouses, offices, factories and other workplaces is woefully understaffed and significantly undercounting the number of employees who have fallen seriously ill or died as a result of the coronavirus.
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Feb. 2 A year after the first COVID-19 case hit California, the state agency in charge of policing warehouses, offices, factories and other workplaces is woefully understaffed and significantly undercounting the number of employees who have fallen seriously ill or died as a result of the coronavirus.
California employers reported only 1,600 serious worker illnesses or deaths to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, from the start of the pandemic through mid-December, according to data obtained by The Sacramento Bee through a Public Records Act request.