IT'S OVER, for now. As Federal Covid Unemployment Benefits End, Employers Still Struggle To Fill Vacancies. Jobless Americans left scrambling aft

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“We needed two people in the kitchen and the very least a dishwasher, barback, busser," said Rickerson, owner of the Someday Bar in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

She advertised on Facebook and posted help-wanted signs in the window, but several potential hires fell through. A few ghosted her and one new bartender quit without notice.

“There was a lot of flaking," Rickerson said.

Now, she and thousands of business owners are hoping to attract more after special federal unemployment benefits that had been extended to workers will draw workers back onto their payrolls.


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