Restaurants Ready to Hire, but Government Payments Keep Workers Home

Restaurants Ready to Hire, but Government Payments Keep Workers Home
Mark Fox, owner of The Ragtrader & Bo Peep Cocktail and Highball Store in New York City on April 29, 2021. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Bowen Xiao
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As more and more states start easing pandemic restrictions, restaurants large and small are grappling with a widespread problem: hiring employees.

Owners and managers from New York, California, Washington, and Chicago told The Epoch Times hiring woes have become a nightmare amid a litany of other challenges like indoor occupancy rules. They say the federal unemployment bonuses handed out during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic incentivized people to stay home instead of working.
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
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Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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