Area hiring managers spoke about the frustrations of finding and keeping employees yesterday at the Great River Regional Library.
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry hosted the event to promote the Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline.
Congressman Tom Emmer joined me on WJON this week. He says the $300 Federal supplemental unemployment payment which is scheduled to end in September is taking its toll on employers. He says many local employers tell him it will be hard for them to make it until September because of a lack of employees and the amount of money they need to pay for starting new employees.
The daily number of Minnesotans applying for unemployment insurance has been on the decline since Friday, according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.