Restaurant Reopenings

[Mr. V]

I wonder to what degree the lack of an available willing work force, always a problem for restaurants in the lakes region, will impact restaurants as the reopening progresses?

Will people be reluctant to return to work for fear of contracting the virus?

[gravy boat]

Originally Posted by Mr. V

I wonder to what degree the lack of an available willing work force, always a problem for restaurants in the lakes region, will impact restaurants as the reopening progresses?

Will people be reluctant to return to work for fear of contracting the virus?

Doubtful. But perhaps. If collecting unemployment and they decline returning then they will now lose unemployment.

"Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned on Tuesday that individuals who reject an offer from their company to return to work after being laid off due to coronavirus are no longer considered eligible to receive federal unemployment benefits.

"Mnuchin said that companies receiving benefits under the Payroll Protection Program who are inviting employees who had been laid off or furloughed due to the coronavirus crisis to return to work should plan to notify state unemployment offices of their offers.

"If the employee, in turn, turns down the job, they would then be considered ineligible to receive expanded unemployment benefits.

“If you offer a person a job..and that person does not take the job..then that person would not be allowed to get unemployment,” Mnuchin said Tuesday.

As it should be. Having been in the recruiting business for 25+ years I can tell you there are PLENTY of people happy to sit home on their butt and be lazy all day long. And it's been easy until now to take advantage - if that's the type of person you are.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by gravy boat

Doubtful. But perhaps. If collecting unemployment and they decline returning then they will now lose unemployment.

"Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned on Tuesday that individuals who reject an offer from their company to return to work after being laid off due to coronavirus are no longer considered eligible to receive federal unemployment benefits.

"Mnuchin said that companies receiving benefits under the Payroll Protection Program who are inviting employees who had been laid off or furloughed due to the coronavirus crisis to return to work should plan to notify state unemployment offices of their offers.

"If the employee, in turn, turns down the job, they would then be considered ineligible to receive expanded unemployment benefits.

“If you offer a person a job..and that person does not take the job..then that person would not be allowed to get unemployment,” Mnuchin said Tuesday.

As it should be. Having been in the recruiting business for 25+ years I can tell you there are PLENTY of people happy to sit home on their butt and be lazy all day long. And it's been easy until now to take advantage - if that's the type of person you are.

It's really not a matter of being lazy, it's a mater of financial benefit.
They created a situation where a person is getting more money staying home on unemployment than going to work.
That extra $600 a week payment to everyone on unemployment was a stupid idea. Regardless of whether your lazy or not you're going to take the most money you can get a week.
Some of these low skilled service workers don't even make $600 a week.

[garysanfran]

Giving everyone $1,000,000 and no one ever has to work again!!!

[DougNH]

Except a loaf of bread will be $100,000...

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by DougNH

Except a loaf of bread will be $100,000...

Sorry, Doug, I fear you may be in error on this one.

Giving everyone $1,000,000 and no one will have to again, so the question gets raised: "who is going to make the bread? "

Dave

[garysanfran]

Originally Posted by DougNH

Except a loaf of bread will be $100,000...

Give everyone $2,000,000 and then you can afford to pay someone to make your bread...Hmmm

And then the capitalism proceeds...

Works well for me.

[Descant]

Originally Posted by garysanfran

Give everyone $2,000,000 and then you can afford to pay someone to make your bread...Hmmm

And then the capitalism proceeds...

Works well for me.

I'm confused. You have $2MM or you know how to bake bread?

[garysanfran]

Originally Posted by Descant

I'm confused. You have $2MM or you know how to bake bread?

I do know how to bake bread.

But that's not the point.