06/21/2021
For those industries struggling to find employees with provincial health restrictions lifted, restaurant and bar industries will see the biggest challenge.
Hiring and retaining staff overview
Risk management of a minimum wage employee
"Why go to work with no security for tomorrow"
"How will i make living wage with half the clientele and half my profits in tips"
"Why risk my health and the health of my family with no coverage if the worst happens"
Suggestion... Why not hire staff back on salary? If restrictions are brought back wage subsidy programs will help. Obligations will exist to your employees, but accountability is what led to business ownership in the first place. If your staff need to adapt to drastic operations changes, let that be the back up plan. Not lay-offs and uncertainty.
Make commitments to your staff to recruit and retain.
Look into your back up plans today. Seek advice and look to other communities within your industry. Maybe your delivery business went virtual cooking class for a diverse group outside your marketed persona.
So many options... Know your best bet. Calculate and re calculate as many options as possible before making that bet a assessed risk policy.