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Labor shortages expected to continue as employers struggle with visa bureaucracy and Covid
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Sugarbush Resort in Vermont is preparing for a busy winter season, but looming over the effort to host hundreds of guests is the need to ramp up hiring -- both domestic and foreign.
Coming out of the winter months, employers prepared for staff to return and gear up for the busy summer season, as tourists headed to beach towns, amusement parks and resorts after a devastating year. Instead, some workers opted not to return, bringing the labor shortage across the US into clear focus. "There's a newer sense of urgency about this," said Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer and head of strategic advocacy at the US Chamber of Commerce. "It was a problem pre-pandemic. It's a crisis now that we're coming out of the pandemic."More Related News

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