Veale Institute executive director Michael Goldberg spoke with Channel 5 News about how staffing issues and inflation are providing teenage workers an opportunity to make more money in their part-time jobs.
Inflation and staffing shortages continue to grip Ohio鈥檚 workforce and small businesses seem to still be carrying the burden. The reports, 48 percent of small businesses in Ohio rank inflation as their single most important problem, 28 percent pointed to staffing shortages and 11 percent said supply chain disruptions. Still, some of the state鈥檚 youngest workers are cashing in on payday due to some rising wages.
鈥淭he fact that 16-year-olds like my son and others out there are seeing real opportunities and rising wages, I think bodes well for them,鈥� said Michael Goldberg, Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University.