worker shortage
Not enough employees
A worker shortage is a situation where employers can't find enough people to fill available jobs.
The term implies demand for labor exceeds supply, though causes vary—low wages, poor conditions, demographic shifts, or workers leaving an industry.
Restaurants blamed the worker shortage for reduced hours.
Critics note that "shortage" often means employers won't pay what the market demands.
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- labor marketEmployment supply and demand
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
- hiringGiving someone work
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
now hiring · vacancies · recruitment · employees · jobs · unfilled · desperate · overtime · burnout · wages · wage increase · retention · turnover · help wanted · applicants · gig economy · skeleton crew · stretched thin
- Labor Shortagesstaffing crisis, understaffing, vacancy rate
- shortages
- labor economicsjob market, labor supply, labor demand, employment rates, unemployment rates
- emigration effectsbrain drain, family separation, population decline, skill gaps, aging population
worker shortageunemployment
Being without paid work
joblessness · underemployment · job scarcity · hiring freeze · mass layoffs
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