As restaurants are reopening and people are once again going out to eat, owners are facing a different challenge: Their workers haven't returned.
Chine Nouvelle/SIPA/Shutterstockreached the U.S. and government restrictions set in -- closing indoor dining in much of the country -- millions of restaurant workers found themselves without jobs.
"If you look at who is working in restaurants in 2019 versus today, there's about a million people who have disappeared," said Micheline Maynard, Washington Post columnist and author of the soon-to-be-released book"Satisfaction Guaranteed: How Zingerman's Built A Corner Deli Into a Global Food Community."
Republicans argue that money offered as part of enhanced unemployment packages passed by Congress has taken away the incentive for people to return to work.
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