No time to complain: Business owners are working eight-day weeks, says survey
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A new survey from a nationwide business association says widespread staffing shortages have left entrepreneurs working what amounts to an eight-day week.
A new survey from a nationwide business association says widespread staffing shortages have left entrepreneurs working what amounts to an eight-day week.
The report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says every province reported labour shortages, with the Canadian average sitting at 59 per cent.
In the Maritime region, Prince Edward Island recorded the highest rate, at 64 per cent.
Nova Scotia was 61 per cent, and New Brunswick was 52 per cent.
However, the proportion of owners affected by labour shortages who are working more hours, as a result, told a different story:
"The last year, travelling around all three Maritime provinces, I have never seen 'Help Wanted' signs in my life, like I've seen," said business professor Ed McHugh.
"This started pre-COVID, and it's only gotten worse since COVID as business started to ratchet up, and they started to bring people in, and they went, 'Wow, the employees we need aren't there,'" he said.
