Michigan's restaurants and bars can open for indoor dining beginning Monday, Feb. 1, with some restrictions. | Norma Mortenson/Pexels
Michigan's restaurants and bars can open for indoor dining beginning Monday, Feb. 1, with some restrictions. | Norma Mortenson/Pexels
Michigan’s restaurant industry may be suffering due to COVID-19, but the state government simultaneously experienced a rise in jobs this past fiscal year.
Michigan Capitol Confidential reports there were 47,522 full-time jobs in state government in the 2019-20 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, compared to 47,324 jobs in 2018-19. Meanwhile, employment in Michigan restaurants and bars decreased from 325,600 jobs last February to 239,200 jobs in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics as reported by Michigan Capitol Confidential.
A survey from the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association in December found that one-third of Michigan’s restaurants expect to be out of business within the next six months.
However, restaurants and bars in Michigan are expected to reopen for indoor dining beginning Monday, Feb. 1. The Chicago Tribune reports that dining establishments will be authorized to operate at 25% capacity, with a maximum of 100 people, and must close by 10 p.m. The capacity level is lower than the 50% capacity that was allowed in Michigan restaurants between June and November.
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