Teens come to the rescue in struggle to find help

HIRE CALLING: Companies have had to increase wages to fill jobs, and a growing number of teens have been the beneficiaries. / AP FILE PHOTO/ NAM Y. HUH

The owners of restaurants, amusement parks and retail shops, many of them desperate for workers, are sounding an unusual note of gratitude this summer: Thank goodness for teenagers. As the U.S. economy bounds back with unexpected speed from the pandemic recession and customer demand intensifies, high school-age kids are filling jobs that older workers can’t

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