[throwawaygh]

>> You can't find any staff willing to do this work for the pay you're offering.

> ...resulting in lost jobs as they shut down

Is a lost job lost if no one wanted it in the first place?

Sounds like one of those "if a tree falls in the forest" things.

[baud147258]

well, maybe if the restaurant can't find any waiters, they'll close down and fire the cook. I think that's what the above comment meant with lost jobs.

[twodave]

This. If the business can't sustain itself because of labor costs it's not just those unfilled positions that suffer. If this happens too much you end up with demand for those ancillary jobs that folks are willing to do for market rate but can't find openings for.

[adamauckland]

And when each filled job goes, that person's wages get taken out of the local economy affecting further businesses.

Now they don't buy lunch or drive and fill up with gas.