Restaurants Struggling To Get Staff For Christmas
It's amid fears of a third lockdown in the New Year.
Workers moving to jobs in supermarkets and pharmacies, as well as a reluctance to come off the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, are leading to staff shortages.
It's claimed employees may decide not to return to the workplace, as they may only have a few weeks' work before Covid-19 restrictions are re-introduced in January.
Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland says it's hard to entice workers back:
"20% of our industry is gone, and other 20% is still on the PUP payments, and we're trying to attract them back into our industry. And we're finding it very difficult at the moment, because they're earning €350 and there is a bonus payment as well in the first week. So we are finding it hard to fill all the vacancies that we have."
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