Coronavirus-related measures and shutdowns are expected to put millions of restaurant, bar and hospitality workers out of work, according to a report released Tuesday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas
The company noted that orders to temporarily close or curtail operations at restaurants and bars in just a dozen US states and Washington, D.C. could negatively affect nearly 7.4 million workers. Challenger cited labor and employment data from the District of Columbia, as well as California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington state.
On March 1, sales were up 2% for those businesses, according to OpenTable datak, compared to the same date in 2019.A pedestrian walks past a closed 'Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill' restaurant in Los Angeles, California on March 17, 2020 as the coronavirus epidemic leads to restaurant and school closures as workers work from home in an effort to encourage social distancing.
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