Rashays chief executive Rami Ykmour says he wants the federal government to encourage students and workers to come to Australia amid labor shortages.

“We have few students, we are short of a skilled workforce, and it’s so difficult – especially on weekends and times when it’s hard to find staff,” Mr Ykmour told Sky News presenter Chris Kenny.

“Now it has been made extremely difficult.

“We definitely need to make it easy. We should maybe encourage students to come to this country so we can hire them on the weekend.”