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|10 nicle | Thursday, August 3, 2023 E waterloochronicle.ca be 5 ‘THERE SEEMS TO BE FATIGUE AND LESS HOPE IN THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW" ° g i=9 z & a z EI E 3 oe mated to be up to three £ ployment services with the Region of Waterloo. A total of 876 people had a chance to speak to a McDonald's manager, with another 84resumes collect- ed from individuals who showed up later in the ° day. The majority came fro! ternational students who graduated from eee in the spring or will be returning in the fall, Milmine shared, adding that most are ‘ook for flexible work with a reli- able employer such as icDonald's, which has a slobal reputation is the first employ- juana cultivation facility was starting up and looking to hire about 50 people back in 2019. "McDonald's is looking to hire 70 positions within those four franchises. So that speaks to the volume of need that they have veright now," Milmine sai THE CITY OF WEB “There'sa lot oft competi: tion for cel work¢ within the hospitality sec, tor. Retention seems to be something that continues to bea struggle for a lot of employers." Tracy Macgregor, Onta- currently touching about 30,000. By comparison, in the first quarter of 2022, there were 42,595 job va- cancies. ia Js easing up, but it's ry much a concern,” he: said with 54 per cent of operators ently re- porting significant labour shortag es. Many eateries are still recovering from the im- pacts of the COVID-19 pan- demic that c caused workers to leave lustry for more tbls wales earch for jobs in he eatin sector in the Waterloo Region turns up dozens of jobs for back- and front-of-house posi- tions with other well- known restaurant Ups and independent purvey- ors. The most in-demand APPLICATION FOR NOISE BY-LAW EXEMPTION jobs are currently cooks, kitchen noes supervi- , rs and serv- ers, according t to Charlene Hofbauer, executive direc- tor at Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Welling- ton Dufferin. Hofbauer said job post- ings in the hospitality sec- tor at findyourjob.ca stay up for an average of 35 days, about a week longer com- pared to this time last year and much longer com- pared to positions across all industries, which aver- age less than 22 days. Of525 job postings in the hospitality sector i ‘in Water- loo Region in June, 270 were offering 1 a minimum wage of $17 per hour. “There are other oppor- tunities with similar skill sets where you could make more money," said Hof- bauer, pointing to a recent report that shows a person needs to earn $28 per hour to afford a one-bedroom "Mi wage isn't going to Tet anyone “get ahead, so when they have the opportunity to move on, they're going to do so." According to Restau- ER ST NORTH BETWEEN BLYTHWOOD DR AND KING ST N Notice is hereby given that an application is being made to the Director of Municipal Enforcement Services for the City of Waterloo for an exemption to the City of Waterloo Noise By-law #2010-073 which prohibits amplified sound between the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The applicant, Caleb Myers, is requesting the following exemption: To permit the operation of surface paving machinery from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. from August 8 to August 11, 2023. Anyone ‘on this matter should contact Municipal Enforcement i to 100 Regina Street South, PO Box. 337, ‘STN Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4A8, by phone at 519-747-8785, or via e-mail at this event on toourattention, Monday, August 7, 2023. rants ( ed the 15-24 age ents 40 pel cent ot food « service work. ers. In Waterloo Region, more 20- to 24-year-olds are employed than last year, and that age group is flat- lining to a degree. Hof- bauer said. However, she sees an opportunity to fill more entry levels positions with the 15- to 19-year-old segment, which has seen unemployment rise to 27 per cent. "Across Waterloo Re- gion last month, we had 5,300 youth, 15 to 19, who were unemployed," Hof- bauer said, adding that en- try-level position can obvi- ously lead to more experi- enced help in the future. "We hai bour force right now, which is causing some friction. I mean, youhear: it from some customers,” Macgre- gor, "but it's also bringing hi training costs, attrac- tion costs, retention costs at atime when all costs are go- ing up” While some employers have been attempting to troduce benefits andi ineen. tives as well as increase THE CITY OF Waterloo PUBLIC NOTICE Bill Jackson/Metroland The line wrapped around the school onto Weber Street, down wages, the latest numbers show that 35 per cent of res- taurants in Ontario are op- erating at a loss, with an- other 18 per cent just breaking even. lany restaurants are still operating with re- duced hours of operation, with owners taking on lon- gers seri to offset the sky- ‘ing costs of food, vent stitos and inflatio: "They can't increase (menu) prices at a rate of what everything else is go- ing up because they would lose people co! its a very ance, "Macgregor 'I guess ina nutshell, as many come out of this Pan demic, our industry is no as lucky,” she said. We thought we were coming out of it. But I think as ev- eryone else is walking away from COVID, there seems to be fatigue and less ope in the industry right now." INTENT TO APPLY FOR CREMATORIUM MODIFICATION Intention to Apply for Consent to Replace a Retort in a 100 m2 additional building footprint Pursuant to Ontario Regulation 30/11 s.148, as amended, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on October 28, 2019, the Council of The City of Waterloo approved the Parkview Cemetery and Crematorium at 335 University Ave East to permit to expand the existing building to replace two existing retorts with a new retort. For further information contact Swati Vekariya, Senior Project Coordinator, at 226-753-4794 College Street (above), all the way to Duke Street. As Restaurants Canada lobbies the government for an extension for eres to repay CEBA (Canada Emergency Business Ac- count) loans, Ontario mini- is set to in- crease from $15.50 to $16.55 on Oct. In Sst the first five months of 2023, there were 303 bankruptcies in the Ca- nadian food service indus- l, ost in a decade, representing an 89 per cent increase over the first five months of 2022, according to Restaurants C: comparis: Cae number of bankruptcies i in all er industries in- creased by 30 per cent. STORY BEHIND THE STORY: A McDonald's job Fair for more than 70 posi- tions drew hundreds of applicants and the Chron- icle checked in for a tem- perature check on the la- bour market. P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941 waterloo.ca P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941 waterloo.ca