Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, said that rehiring employees instead of searching for new workers would help to reduce unemployment in the state more quickly.
“We have to make sure that our workers, who have shouldered so much of the fallout from this pandemic, are not left behind,” Cannizzaro said.
Resorts and casinos laid off tens of thousands of workers amid the pandemic as Nevada’s gaming- and tourism- based economy came to a screeching halt.
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But some hospitality workers who testified during the hearing said they are still languishing while they wait to hear about their jobs, including Mario Sandoval, who said he was a food server at Binion’s Steakhouse on Fremont Street before being let go during the pandemic. He’s been a member of the Culinary Union Local 226 for 39 years.
“Companies should not waste time and money trying to hire and train new people when there are people like me with so much experience just waiting for our workplace to bring us back,” Sandoval said. “I should not be replaced or abandoned. I have spent my life working for this company. I should not have to start my career over when I am so close to retiring with dignity.”