The stubborn problem of labor shortages has Colorado businesses looking at older workers who retired or lost their jobs during the pandemic and want back in the workforce and at changes in immigration policies that could help fill positions.
Large numbers of people voluntarily leaving their jobs as the pandemic wore on last year spurred national discussions of the so-called Great Resignation. It’s also been called the Great Renegotiation or Great Reshuffling as people quit jobs for higher wages and better working conditions.
“The labor shortage issue is still persistent and real,” said Brian Lewandowski, executive director of the Business Research Division in the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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