by Christen Smith, The Center Square | April 19, 2021 04:00 PM Print this article Local officials told lawmakers this week a reluctant workforce impedes economic recovery for Pennsylvania businesses as pandemic restrictions ease across the state. It’s a problem that disproportionately impacts the hard-hit hospitality sector, where year-over-year job losses still exceed 145,000. But local leaders say the reasons why remain complex. “The employees are just taken care of well enough through unemployment compensation and the benefit add-on and they are just not interested in coming back,” said Robert Carl, president and CEO of the Schuylkill County Chamber of Commerce. “It’s not unusual at all.”