With a bustling summer season expected on Cape Cod this year, restaurant owners are concerned about the worker shortage and if they can keep their businesses open to meet the tourism and demand.
Taylor Hayes needs workers right now.
"If we're lucky, we'll get half," said Hayes, vice president of the management company Cape Cod Restaurants. Server Christopher Lee-Caron, of Provincetown, Mass., center left, prepares to carry plates of food to customers at Tin Pan Alley restaurant, April 6, 2021, in Provincetown. "Some of these guys have worked for our company for 15 to 18 years...and they need this income themselves. It's not just our businesses, it's their livelihoods."H-2B visas require businesses to sponsor workers. This year, the cap for the number of workers, which means there'll be more workers accepted into the program overall, but that may or may not translate to more workers for the Cape, since the program is run as a lottery system.
Tom Murphy, of the Yarmouth Restaurant Association, says Cape Cod restaurants are expecting a banner year, with more and more people feeling comfortable to travel and vacation again. And restaurants will get through the summer and see success. But less employees also means some restaurants will have to limit their hours or close down for one day each week to support the staff they do have.
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