COVID-19 Pinging: small businesses struggle
Small business and the self employed already struggling, can't afford to wait to be added to an exemption list.
PANDEMIC FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENTPROGRAM.ON THE BACKSIDE OF JULY 4THHOLIDAY SOME EMPLOYERS SAYTHEY’RE STILL STRUGGLING FINDINGPEOPLE TO COME TO WORK.SOME ARE SEEING SOMEPRIMOVEMENTS OTHERS ARE STILLSEARCHING FOR PEOPLE TO STEPINSIDE THE DOOR AT RSTEROOSFINDING WORRSKE HAS BEEN HARDGETTINGNT IO STAY SEEMINGLYHARDER.SHE GETS ONE PERNSO IN HERE ANDTHEN THEY STAY FOR A WEEK ANDTHEN THEY’RE GONE.WHAT’SHE T SAME AT HOMEWOODSUITES?WE’RE GENERAL MANAG LEREWIS.FORMBY SAYS HE’S HAD TO RESULTIN CLEANING ROOMS HIMSELFBECAUSE HE CAN’T KEEP HOUSECLEANING.THAT BEEN CHALLENGES THERE’SBEEN HIRING PEOPLE AND THENGETTING THEM IN HERE GETTINGTHEM TRAINED AND THEN POOF THEYTURN INTO SMOKE AND DISAPPEAR.IT IS AN EMPLOYMENT PITFALL FORBUSINESSES WHO BELIEVE SOMEWORKERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE ITLOOK LIKE THEY’RE TRYING TO WORKTO KEEP GETTING UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS, JUNE 12 GOVERNOR TATEREEVES OPTED THE STATEUT O OFTHE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT STIPENDOF $300 A WEEK BECAUSE THE STATEHAS JOBS, BUT PEOPLE WERE NOTSTAMPING UP TO FILL THEM.A DILEMMA THAT HAS IMPACTED THETRUCKING INDUSTRY.I’VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS 34YEARS.I’VE NEVER SEEN IT MORE CRITICALTHAN IT IS NOW, YOU KNOW THESTIMULUS CHECKS THAT HAVE COMEOUT HAVE REALLY AFFECTED THEDRIVER’S SUPPLY AND THAT DEMANDRFO WORKERS IS STILL THERE WEEKSAFTER THE STATE OPTED OUT OFTHAT FEDERAL.OGPRRAM RESTAURANT OPERATORSLIKE NATHAN GNNLE SAY THEY’RESTILL STRUGGLING TO HIRE ANDKEEP WORKERS.YEAH, WE SRTTAED TO SEE SOMEEMPLOYEES COMING BACK.YEAH.IT’S STARTING TO GET A LITTLEBIT EASIER.YOU KNOW, BUT YOU’RE STILL HERETHE HARDEST HORROR STORIES.BUT YEAH, AND THEN YOU GET THEONES THAT COMEN I AND FOR ANAPPLICATION, YOU KNOW, THEY’LLAND THEN THEY DON’T EVEN SHOWBACK UP BUT BUSINESSES LIKEHOMEWOOD SUITES AS THE STATE ISBEGINNING TO FOLLOW UP WHITPEOPLE WHO CLAIM THE WE’RE NOTLEAB TO GET A JOB AT BUSINESSESLIKE TSHI STARTING THE PROCESSOFINVESTIGATING WHETHER PEOPLEREALLY DO DESERVE THOSEUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Small business and the self employed already struggling, can't afford to wait to be added to an exemption list.