Michigan's restaurants and bars can open for indoor dining beginning Monday, Feb. 1, with some restrictions. | Stock Photo
Michigan's restaurants and bars can open for indoor dining beginning Monday, Feb. 1, with some restrictions. | Stock Photo
Michigan’s government seems to have been able to avoid the devastation suffered by the restaurant industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a workforce report for the 2019-20 fiscal year.
There were 47,522 full-time jobs in state government in the 2019-20 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, compared to 47,324 in 2018-19, according to Michigan Capitol Confidential. Meanwhile, employment in Michigan restaurants and bars decreased from 325,600 jobs last February to 239,200 jobs in October, reported Michigan Capitol Confidential.
One-third of Michigan restaurants surveyed by the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association in December said they expected to be out of business within the next six months. This was prior to the announcement that restaurants and bars in Michigan would be able to reopen for indoor dining beginning Monday, Feb. 1.
Dining establishments will be authorized to operate at 25% capacity, with no more than 100 people, and must close by 10 p.m., according to The Chicago Tribune. The capacity level is lower than the 50% capacity that was in effect between June and November.
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