Economics

Australia Suffers More Omicron Pain as Worker Shortage Spirals

  • Food, logistics firms report 10-50% of workers sick, isolating
  • Woolworths, Coles, KFC, Ingham are all reporting staff crunch
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Australia was already facing a record shortfall of workers before spiraling omicron infections triggered the widespread absenteeism that is causing the country more acute pain from the variant than its global peers.