Hiring staff a challenge for some Sudbury restaurants
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Some Sudbury restaurants have had to cut their hours to adapt to a labour shortage that has affected the industry across Canada.
Peggy Sgouros, the owner of Gloria's Restaurant in Sudbury, said she had to stop serving dinner because she did not have enough staff to cover more than one shift. And hiring new people to fill those shifts has been a challenge.
"And we have like two out of 10 people showing up to the (job) interviews," she said. "Most of the time, they don't show up for their first day of work."
A report from the Centre for Policy Alternatives found that Canada's restaurant industry employed 180,000 fewer people in September 2021, when compared to February 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns put in place to prevent the virus from spreading, meant a lot of restaurants had to close their doors or adapt to a takeout and delivery model.
But the report found that even as restrictions have lifted, and capacity limits at restaurants have increased, many people who worked in restaurants have moved on to other industries.
Scott Florence, the executive director of the Sudbury Workers Education and Advocacy Centre, an organization that advocates for workers rights, said he was not surprised to hear thousands of workers have left the restaurant sector.
"The truth of the matter is that server work is low paying, precarious work," he said.
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