Head of Hilton Head restaurant group says island is ‘disaster zone’ in Washington Post
"The whole island is a disaster zone right now,"
The restaurant group scaled back its usage of the Poseidon Rooftop Bar and has needed to close sections of Skull Creek Dockside at times in recent months. Officials with the group have claimed it is due to not having enough employees to provide quality service.
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Pay at the restaurants also has increased in recent years, Carb tells the newspaper.
The hourly wage for dishwashers has increase from
Higher pay and additional overtime also means a hit to the menu, the article says. For example, smaller shrimp and raising the price of fish and chips by
The article takes a look at the E-Verify system -- a tool used by businesses to check if an employee is legally able to work in the country. It states Trump promoted a national expansion of the program during his campaign but has not pushed it as a solution since in office.
Carb, in the
"There are people who are willing to work and pay taxes, but they can't get jobs because we can't legally hire them," Carb says in the story.
He added that other restaurants will hire them.
"E-verify has created a vacuum and there is no solution yet," Unangst said at that time.
SERG officials and other organizations have also claimed that affordable housing and limited transportation are part of the issue.
Multiple businesses in
Massage Envy closed earlier this month on
Other businesses such Covert Aire and
Hospitality managers on
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