Tens of thousands of people in Western Australia have lost their jobs during coronavirus shut downs, but they aren't reflected in the latest unemployment data — at least not yet.
"We're put in that position whether we open again and put our health at risk, or stay closed and put the business at risk," she said.
"On the one hand we want to stay closed as long as tattoo artists and spas and other salons are closed, but we don't know how long that's going to be."I think the uncertainty is really hard. A lot of salon owners like myself are flipping back and forth." Ms Crothers said online sales had allowed her, at least for now, to keep paying her 10 staff in the hope the salon would be approved for the JobKeeper scheme.
"It's a bit of a struggle, because without having any government incentives come through yet, we're struggling to keep that cashflow up to keep paying wages," she said.Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA chief economist Aaron Morey said the bulk of the 800 businesses surveyed by his organisation were trying to retain workers, whether by pivoting to new products, online services, or starting home delivery for the first time.
Executive director Sandra Brewer said a fair commercial tenancy code of conduct and getting rid of obstacles to projects that would generate jobs needed to be top priority.
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