Where COVID-19 has cost the most jobs
The accommodation and food services industry continued to be the most impacted by COVID-19, with a drop of around one in three paid jobs in the industry from mid-March to mid-April, according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The estimates also showed that between 14 March and 18 April (the five weeks after Australia recorded its 100th confirmed COVID-19 case) total employee jobs decreased by 7.5 per cent, while total wages paid by employers decreased by 8.2 per cent.
Head of Labour Statistics at the ABS, Bjorn Jarvis, said: “The industries which lost the most jobs continued to be accommodation and food services (-33.4 per cent) and arts and recreation services (-27.0 per cent).
“Job losses in accommodation and food services were greatest in South Australia (-39.7 per cent) and Victoria (-35.6 per cent).
“The new data shows that jobs in accommodation and food services worked by people aged 20-29 and people over 70 decreased the most (-40.8 per cent and -43.7 per cent).”
Do you think the accommodation and restaurant industries will bounce back after the crisis?
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.... so people instead of whining will have to become more inventive
Actually don't think restaurant and accommodation industries will bounce back to any significant extent until a cure or vaccine of Covid19 is found.
No doubt there will be a 'Covid19 safe' version of the restaurant and accommodation experience which may be quite different to the pre-Covid19 version we're used. Mind you like it's always been in these industries some will do it better than others - with some in such industries cutting corners with hygiene and safety just to get customers through the door.
But restaurant, accommodation/food, shelter is so intimately bound to health outcomes as in being prone to disease contagion, think there would be many who would be holding off taking risks and being hyper-vigilant as to where they choose to eat and sleep even if only intermittently ie. Were tables and eating benches wiped clean between customers? Are blankets on beds washed and changed or only sheets and pillow cases? Was food prepared and handled hygienically in kitchens etc. etc?
Also believe to get restaurant and accommodation businesses 'Covid19 safe ready' seems to entail constant vigilance which means employer costs in providing appropriate and adequate cleaning equipment and strategies, constantly monitoring social distancing etc. which may require hiring extra staff to keep up with this at a time when business may be slow to take off post-Covid19. And of course the whole limiting on travel etc has made tourists pretty thin on the ground..
Actually think the restaurant and accommodation industry may be slower than many others in taking off again....
Thus many in those industries will take a real hit until a cure or vaccine is found for Covid19.
Think many restaurants will just transition as they are currently to the take-away option.