BE KIND, BE PATIENT: This is the key message from hospitality venues across the region this season.
One of the ongoing and longer-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is a critical lack of employees in the hospitality sector this summer.
Hospitality, like many other industries in the local economy, relies on overseas employees to help cover seasonal labour shortages over summer. These overseas staff usually arrive on our shores with the training and experience needed to meet the needs of kiwi businesses. This year is of course a dramatic exception.
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