Are unemployment benefits keeping Americans home? A look at US labor shortage - PBS NewsHour

As the economy reopens, some businesses are having trouble hiring enough workers to fully operate. In response, many states are ending pandemic unemployment programs, including the extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits set to run through Labor Day.

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Opinion | Those $300 pandemic checks aren’t the only reason restaurant employees might not want to go back to work - The Washington Post

Right now, anyone willing to work in a restaurant in the United States could probably pick a city, style of food and price of the cuisine, and a job would be waiting. But upward of 1 million of those positions are going begging, leading to a bitter debate over the reasons.

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