Recent government data on the labor market provided fresh insight into the so-called “Great Resignation,” with the figures showing that workers in sectors with a lot of face-to-face interaction with other people, like in accommodation and food services, were quitting their jobs in September at record or near-record numbers and at over twice the national rate. The Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released Nov. 12, showed that a total of 4.4 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in September, a record high. The so-called quits rate, which reflects worker confidence in being able to find a better job, also rose to a record high of 3.0 percent, painting a picture of labor market tightness and growing pricing power of workers. But the quits rate in several industries—leisure and hospitality (6.4 percent) and accommodation and food services (6.6 percent)—came in at over twice the national rate and at levels …