Dialogue: The Great Resignation

April 12, 2022

Two years after the pandemic largely shut down the economy and threw millions out of work, many have yet to return to their jobs – or at least to their old jobs. Estimates are 3.5 million Americans have dropped out the labor force, leaving employers short staffed and their customers with long waits for goods and services.

Featuring Bill LaFayette, Ph.D., economist and founder of Regionomics, Lisa Patt-McDaniel, CEO of the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio and Sangeeta Lakhani, co-founder of Service!, a Central Ohio Relief Program for Hospitality Workers, this Dialogue discussion will probe the reasons for this “great resignation” and what it will take to erase the labor shortage. The program will be moderated by Mike Thompson, WOSU News chief content director.