STAFF SHORTAGE

AAPS announced schools will be closed next week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday due to high COVID activity in the district and an ongoing staff shortage.

Like it or not, the snow is going to fall sooner rather than later and it has county road commissions in Metro Detroit scrambling. They need plow drivers and lots of them.

Staffing shortages continue to leave Detroit EMS rigs off the streets.

AAPS Superintendent Jeanice Swift spoke with A4 about the district's ongoing staff shortage.

Classes are canceled on Monday for all Ann Arbor Public Schools due to ongoing staff shortage, says superintendent.

Swift said the district is looking into the factors that made several schools shift to remote learning recently.

A2STEAM families were notified this morning that school would be going remote.

With so many businesses struggling amid the worker shortage, many are asking when -- and if -- this crisis will ever end.

With so many businesses struggling amid the worker shortage, many are asking when -- and if -- this crisis will ever end.

The hospitality industry in Michigan is one of several struggling with a nationwide worker shortage.

Like most industries across the U.S., senior and assisted living facilities are facing -- and struggling with -- staff shortages.

Most schools have only been in session for about a month, but nearly all of them have been having a tough go of it due to staff shortages.

There appears to be a major staff shortage at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

Studies are now showing that many workers are no longer satisfied with just punching a clock and carrying out work that doesn’t feel fulfilling to them.

There has been talk about shortages with secretaries, custodians and school bus drivers; however, when teacher vacancies in Eastpointe topped more than 20%, the district went back to remote learning for middle school students.

With Michigan winter approaching, Metro Detroit road commissions that are facing staff shortages are looking to hire.

The city announced its current outdoor pool capacity limits will continue unless staffing increases.

WARREN, Mich. – The city of Warren is struggling to find firefighters, leading to enormous overtime for the ones still on the job. As Michigan’s third largest city, Warren has six fire stations to help protect more than 40,000 residential housing units. According to latest statistics, the Warren Fire Department respond to about 15,000 calls and between 3,000 to 4,000 fires a year. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said only a few took the overtime, leading to three fire personnel making more than $200,000 each for the year and three more making more than $190,000. Michigan’s Capitol Confidential, which first reported the story, said two employees logged more than 2,000 hours of overtime and nine others surpassed 1,000 hours.