For leave leave employees, many American companies have encountered "labor shortage"

With the spread of the newly crown virus Omircong strain, the new subtype BA.5 spreads in the United States, employees of various restaurants, hotels, retail stores and other companies ask for leave for infection with the new crown virus or taking care of the infected family members.

What matters worse is that as the summer comes, some employees have stopped working leave. This made American companies suffer, and had to increase the workload of employees, and even forced to stop business.

【One person to use more】

According to a Broadcasting Corporation of the United States on the 26th, Robert Fleming, the owner of a restaurant in Los Angeles, is now not only worrying about restaurant operations, but also diligent workers and riversal officers. Even the cleaning work fell on his head.

Fleming said that earlier this month, due to a number of employees infected with new coronal viruses or had a history of virus exposure, the restaurant had tight hands and stopped business.

This kind of employee's leave is not uncommon in the United States. The latest data from the "Family Pulse Survey" carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that 3.9 million people from June 29 to July 11 have reported that they did not go to work due to the infection of the new crown virus or taking care of relatives and friends of the infection. This number is much higher than 1.8 million in the same period last year.

Data from the US Department of Labor show that during the same period, 4.8 million people across the country had vacations or leave leaves, and the number of more than 3.7 million in the same period in 2021.

With the recent "mask order" and relaxation measures for indoor places in various places, the US epidemic data has been pushed up again. The latest weekly report of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 126,000 confirmed cases were added for seven days as of the 20th, an increase of 0.5%over the previous seven -day average. As of the 21st, about 42%of the country and counties across the country belonged to high -level regions of the new crown virus community.

【Zero Industry Economy】

Restaurant owner Fleming said that the epidemic changed people's lifestyle, and many restaurant company employees began to work. It is difficult for them to return to the work mode of finishing work in the middle of the night or at 1 am, and they are more willing to work zero during the day and accompany their families at night.

According to data from the US Chamber of Commerce, there are 11.3 million employment positions in the United States at this stage, while the jobs are only 5.9 million.

Jasoming Donanvan, president of a chain catering company in Seattle, said that many old employees moved to cities with lower living costs, or resigned to participate in short -term internships, or returned to school for further studies. In recent weeks, more employees have resigned, and many people say goodbye, making operators caught off guard.

Faced with "labor shortage", this company had to shorten the business hours of some restaurants and close some ordering windows. (Xinhua News Agency special manuscript)

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