his Labor Day, the nation faces an overriding question. Where is the labor? And when is it coming back? The most severe worker shortages on record largely were expected to ease this month with the reopening of schools and expiration of enhanced unemployment benefits on Monday. Those milestones theoretically would allow millions of parents caring for their remote-learning kids to return to work and prod millions of unemployed people to more fervently hunt for jobs and accept offers. It’s proving not so simple.
Source: GC Telegram.