01/11/2022

Omicron Disruptions Aren’t Just About Health for Retail Workers

Stores are shortening hours, closing fitting rooms and eliminating breaks

Long checkout lines. Closed fitting rooms. Empty shelves. Shortened store hours.

Plus the dread of contracting the coronavirus and yet another season of skirmishes with customers who refuse to wear masks.

A weary retail work force is experiencing the fallout from the latest wave of the pandemic, with a rapidly spreading variant cutting into staffing.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The New York Times.