Unemployment Claims + Vaccine Status Query + Updating Employee Handbooks + HR Analytics + Attracting & Retaining Employees

Unemployment compensation claims from employees who refuse to return to work after being furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic are on the rise.

"Since the onset of the pandemic, and continuing through 2021, the employers we assist with claims management are reporting more than triple the number of work-refusal claims compared to pre-pandemic [levels]," said Steve Solovic, vice president of unemployment cost management operations with Equifax Workforce Solutions in St. Louis.

Here are tips for employers that may want to contest the claims.

Attracting and Retaining Restaurant Employees in a Labor Shortage

Augut 5, 2021 via QSR Magazine

So similar to the days before COVID detonated trends, the restaurants delivering the best experience are generating the most repeat business in today’s recovery stretch. And that often boils down to employee recruitment and retention. Only the task has never been harder.

Before the pandemic, 11.1 million people worked at restaurants. Even with jobs flooding back, the industry is down 10 percent, or about 1.1 million versus prior levels. COVID put more than 5 million restaurant employees out of a job.