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Restaurants face a staffing problem: Unemployment pays better

A window message for hiring at a Mexican fast-food restaurant
A window message at a Mexican fast-food restaurant advertises for job hiring on April 23, 2020, in St. Paul. State jobless benefits are beefed up, for now, by an extra $600 a week from the federal government. That means many people are making more money unemployed at home than they were making at work.
Jim Mone | AP Photo file