Category: staff shortage

Government Should Open Immigration Channels for the Aged Care Industry: Report

Australia’s shortage of aged care workers has doubled to 35,000 in less than a year, according to a new report, which recommends that the government attracts overseas immigrants into the industry. The ‘Duty of care: Aged Care Sector in Crisis’ report released by The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on June 28 shows that government inaction and…


IRS Battling Backlogs Caused by Pandemic Relief Payments, Staff Shortage

The tax season of 2022 has been quite chaotic for the Internal Revenue Service due the “significant challenges,” including staffing shortages and backlogs of tax returns. Because of the pandemic, the IRS faced an unprecedented amount of work during the 2021 filing season. The agency started this year with a backlog of more than 8.4…


Passengers Forced to Wait Outside UK Airport for Hours as Staff Shortage Persists

Thousands of passengers have been forced to wait for hours outside Birmingham Airport as the aviation sector across Europe continues to suffer from staff shortages. Frustrated passengers took to social media to slam the “absolute chaos,” with one person saying it took her “two hours to get through check-in and security,” and others threatening legal…


Health Staff Shortages Cause Medical Clinic Closures in the Northern Territory, Australia

Just as the Northern Territory borders open and cases of COVID-19 grow to 123, a number of Territory clinics will be closing down for the Christmas holiday period. In a social media post on Monday evening, Country Liberal Party (CLP) Shadow Health Minister Bill Yan said that “ongoing staff shortages and crippling pressure on the…


Labor Shortages and Inflation Plague California Businesses

There’s an irony to the new dining area at Chef Andrew Gruel’s Huntington Beach, Calif. restaurant. Although he’s now permitted to fill it to capacity under California’s lifted guidelines, he can’t find the staff to work it. Statewide labor shortages and inflation are among the challenges restaurateurs are now facing as they crawl back to…